Roman Catholic Diocese of Mweka

As per 2014, it pastorally served 346,580 Catholics (41.2% of 840,645 total) on 21,700 km² in 14 parishes with 43 priests (32 diocesan, 11 religious), 34 lay religious (21 brothers, 13 sisters) and 35 seminarians.

• Established on 24 March 1953 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mweka, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg
• Promoted on 29 September 1964 as the Diocese of Mweka.

(all Latin Rite)

Apostolic Prefects of Mweka

• Apostolic administrator Bernard Mels, Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) (1953-1957), while Titular Bishop of Belali (10 March 1949 – 10 November 1959) & Apostolic Vicar of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa) (10 March 1949 – 10 November 1959), later promoted that see's first Metropolitan Archbishop (10 November 1959 – 26 September 1967), then Archbishop-Bishop of Lwiza (Congo-Kinshasa) (26 September 1967 – retired 3 October 1970), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Pulcheriopolis (3 October 1970 – resigned 17 May 1986), died 1992
• Marcel Evariste van Rengen, Josephites of Belgium (C.I.) (1957 – 29 September 1964 see below)

Suffragan Bishops of Mweka

• Marcel Evariste van Rengen, C.I. (see above 29 September 1964 – death 15 March 1988)
• Apostolic administrator Emery Kabongo Kanundowi (1988 – 19 January 1989), while Archbishop-Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa) (10 December 1987 – retired 14 August 2003); previously Second Private Secretary of the Pope (1982 – 10 December 1987)
• Gérard Mulumba Kalemba (19 January 1989 – 18 February 2017), died 15 April 2020
• Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) (18 February 2017 – ...)

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links and Google satellite photo
• Catholic Hierarchy