Kokstad Diocese
| Kokstad Diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Durban |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1921 |
| surface | 17,635 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,918,424 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 85,500 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 4.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,344 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
| cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
| Website | catholickokstad.mariannhillmedia.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kokstad ( Latin Dioecesis Kokstadensis , English Diocese of Kokstad ) is in South Africa situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Kokstad .
history
The diocese of Kokstad was founded on April 8, 1935 by Pope Pius XI. established from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Mariannhill as Apostolic Prefecture Mount Currie . On July 11, 1939, the Apostolic Prefecture Mount Currie was by Pope Pius XII. Elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate and renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Kokstad .
The Apostolic Vicariate Kokstad was on January 11, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the archdiocese of Durban as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Mount Currie
- 1935–1939 Blasius Sigibald Kurz, OFM
Vicars Apostolic of Kokstad
- 1939–1948 Blasius Sigibald Kurz OFM, then Apostolic Prefect of Yungchow
- 1949–1951 John Evangelist McBride OFM
Bishops of Kokstad
- 1951–1978 John Evangelist McBride OFM
- 1980–1992 Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM, then Archbishop of Durban
- 1993–2010 William Slattery OFM, then Archbishop of Pretoria
- 2013–2020 Zolile Peter Mpambani SCJ , then Archbishop of Bloemfontein
- Sedis vacancy since 2020
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Kokstad - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the diocese (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Kokstad on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)