Francistown diocese
| Francistown diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Botswana |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Pretoria |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1998 |
| surface | 472,995 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (October 2, 2017) |
| Residents | 1,200,000 (October 2, 2017) |
| Catholics | 17,000 (October 2, 2017) |
| proportion of | 1.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (October 2, 2017) |
| Catholics per priest | 654 |
| Friars | 1 (October 2, 2017) |
| Religious sisters | 28 (October 2, 2017) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Setswana |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Desert |
| address | PO Box 702 Francistown, Botswana |
| Website | http://www.vicariateoffrancistown.org/ |
The Diocese of Francistown ( lat. : Diocesis Francistaunensis ) is in Botswana located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Francistown .
history
It was established on June 27, 1998 from parts of the territory of the diocese of Gaborone as an Apostolic Vicariate and in 2007 assigned to the Archdiocese of Pretoria as a suffragan . The territory of the diocese covers about two thirds of the national territory of Botswana.
On October 2, 2017, Pope Francis elevated the Vicariate Apostolic to the rank of diocese.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic
- Franklyn Nubuasah SVD (1998-2017)
bishop
- Franklyn Nubuasah SVD (2017-2019, then Bishop of Gaborone )
- Sedis vacancy since June 6, 2019
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Elevazione a Diocesi del Vicariato Apostolico di Francistown (Botswana) e del primo Vescovo nouns. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 2, 2017, accessed October 2, 2017 (Italian).