The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luiza () is a

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located in the territory of Luiza in the

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Kananga Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, city of the Kasai-Central, Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï ...

in the

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. On January 3, 2014,

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accepted the resignation of Luiza's bishop, Léonard Kasanda Lumembu and appointed as his successor

Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula (born 26 October 1960) is a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Luiza in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2014. Biography Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula was born on 26 Octob ...

, a former university professor who was second secretary of the

Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The National Episcopal Conference of the Congo (French: ''Conférence Épiscopale Nationale du Congo'' or CENCO) is the national episcopal conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The conference is a member of the Association of Episc ...

(CENCO) from 2008 to 2014. He was installed on March 23, 2014.

History

* September 26, 1967: Established as the Diocese of Luiza from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg * March 25, 2022: Lost territory to establish the Diocese of Tshilomba

Leadership

;

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s of Luiza * Archbishop (personal title) Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. (September 26, 1967 – October 3, 1970) *Bishop

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, C.I.C.M. (August 30, 1971 – March 3, 1997), appointed Archbishop of Kananga * Bishop Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, C.I.C.M. (April 3, 1998 – January 3, 2014) * Bishop

(January 3, 2014 – present)

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* * Roman Catholic dioceses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Christian organizations established in 1967 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kananga {{DRCongo-RC-diocese-stub

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