Diocese of Eshowe
Diocese of Eshowe | |
Basic data | |
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Country | South Africa |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Durban |
Diocesan bishop | Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo |
founding | 1921 |
surface | 26,364 km² |
Parishes | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 2,710,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 74,600 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 2.8% |
Diocesan priest | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,463 |
Friars | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 113 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
cathedral | Cathedral of St. Therese of the Little Flower |
Website | dioceseofeshowe.org.za |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Eshowe ( Latin Dioecesis Eshovensis , English Diocese of Eshowe ) is in South Africa situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Eshowe .
history
The diocese Eshowe was on August 27, 1921 by Pope Benedict XV. established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Natal as the Apostolic Prefecture of Zululand . On December 11, 1923, the Apostolic Prefecture Zululand was by Pope Pius XI. Elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate and renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Eshowe .
The Apostolic Vicariate Eshowe was on January 11, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the archdiocese of Durban as a suffragan . On November 12, 1962, the Diocese of Eshowe gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Ingwavuma .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Zululand
- Thomas Spreiter OSB , 1921–1923
Vicars Apostolic of Eshowe
- Thomas Spreiter OSB, 1923–1943
- Aurelian Bilgeri OSB, 1947-1951
Bishops of Eshowe
- Aurelian Bilgeri OSB, 1951-1973
- Mansuet Dela Biyase , 1975-2005
- Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo , since 2008
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Eshowe on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the SACBC website (English)