1953 in the Belgian Congo

The following lists events that happened during 1953 in the Belgian Congo.

← 1952 1951 1950 1953 in the Belgian Congo → 1954 1955 1956
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

Incumbent

• Governor-general – Léo Pétillon

Events

Date	Event
13 March	Luc Breuls de Tiecken (b. 1900) becomes governor of Orientale Province.
24 March	Apostolic Prefecture of Mweka is created on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg
24 March	Apostolic Vicariate of Kabinda is created from the Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg
29 June	Apostolic Vicariate of Inongo is established from the Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville

See also

• Belgian Congo
• History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources

• "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 5 August 2020