Keetmanshoop diocese
Keetmanshoop diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Namibia |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Windhoek |
Diocesan bishop | Willem Christiaan's OSFS |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Philipp Pöllitzer OMI |
founding | 1909 |
surface | 264,110 km² |
Parishes | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 180,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 42,570 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 23.7% |
Diocesan priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,661 |
Permanent deacons | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Stanislaus Cathedral |
Website | www.rcchurch.na |
The Diocese of Keetmanshoop ( Latin Dioecesis Keetmanshoopensis , English Diocese of Keetmanshoop ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Keetmanshoop in Namibia . The Keetmanshoop diocese is part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Windhoek . The main church of the diocese is the St. Stanislaus Cathedral in Keetmanshoop.
In 2016, 23.7% of the population were Catholics. They were looked after by three diocesan priests and 13 religious priests. There were also 13 deacons and 65 religious helpers.
The office of bishop of the diocese became vacant with the resignation of Philipp Pöllitzer OMI on July 21, 2017. The diocese has since been headed by Rev. Monsignor Klaus Lettner . Willem Christiaans was appointed bishop on February 7, 2018 and ordained on May 5, 2018 .
history
The diocese emerged from the Apostolic Prefecture Groß Namaland , founded on July 7, 1909, in German South West Africa . On July 14, 1930, the prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand and in February 1931 Joseph Klemann OSFS was appointed the first Vicar Apostolic to the rank of bishop. On January 13, 1949, the Vicariate was renamed Keetmanshoop. Pope John Paul II elevated the vicariate to a diocese on March 14, 1994.
Parishes
- Aranos ( St. Andreas )
- Ariamsvlei
- Aroab ( Mater Dolorosa )
- From ( St. Teresa of the Child Jesus )
- Berseba
- Bethany ( St. Peter Claver )
- Blouwes
- Gabis ( St. Joseph )
- Gibeon ( Most Holy Name of Jesus )
- Gochas
- Heirachabis ( Our Lady of Good Advice )
- Karasburg ( Holy Trinity )
- Keetmanshoop ( St. Stanislaus and Our Lady of Perpetual Help )
- Koës
- Koichas
- Lüderitz ( Christ the King and St. Peter and Paul )
- Malta height
- Mariental ( Maria Immaculata )
- Noordoewer
- Omomas
- Oranjemund ( St. Anna )
- Rehoboth ( Sacred Heart )
- Rosh Pinah
- Snyfontein
- Stampriet ( St. Konrad )
- Tses ( St Teresa of the Child Jesus )
- Warmbad ( St. Francis de Sales )
- Witkrans ( St. Francis Xavier )
Bishops
- Stanislao von Krolikowski OSFS (Prefect 1910 to January 21, 1923)
- Mattias Eder OSFS (Prefect March 16, 1923 to 1930)
- Joseph Klemann OSFS (Vicar Apostolic February 24, 1931 to November 10, 1942)
- John Francis Eich OSFS (Coadjutor Bishop April 28, 1942; Vicar Apostolic November 10, 1942 to February 4, 1947)
- Francis Xavier Esser OSFS (Vicar Apostolic January 13, 1949 to June 9, 1955)
- Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback OSFS (Vicar Apostolic March 24, 1956 to October 2, 1989)
- Anthony Chiminello OSFS (Vicar Apostolic May 28, 1993; Bishop March 14, 1994 to November 23, 2002)
- Philipp Pöllitzer OMI (Bishop May 31, 2007 to July 21, 2017)
- Willem Christiaans OSFS (admin July 26, 2017; Bishop since February 7, 2018)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Keetmanshoop on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Official website (English)
- Diocese Keetmanshoop (English)
- Official site of the municipality of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Keetmanshoop (Namibia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 21, 2017, accessed July 21, 2017 (Italian).
- ^ Bishop / Administrator. Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Keetmanshoop (Namibia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 7, 2018, accessed February 7, 2018 (Italian).