Diocese of Kroonstad
| Diocese of Kroonstad | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bloemfontein |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Holiday |
| founding | 1923 |
| surface | 30,288 km² |
| Residents | 1,065,118 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 102.027 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 9.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,668 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
| cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kroonstad ( Latin Dioecesis Kroonstadensis , English Diocese of Kroonstad ) is in South Africa situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kroonstad .
history
The diocese of Kroonstad was on November 26, 1923 by Pope Pius XI. Established from the cession of territory by the Vicariate Apostolic Kimberley in South Africa as the Apostolic Prefecture of Kroonstad . On April 8, 1935, the Apostolic Prefecture Kroonstad was by Pius XI. raised to the apostolic vicariate . The Apostolic Vicariate Kroonstad gave on February 12, 1948 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Bethlehem .
The Apostolic Vicariate Kroonstad was on January 11, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Kroonstad
- Guglielmo Herting CSSp , 1923-1924
- Léon Klerlein CSSp, 1924-1935
Vicars Apostolic of Kroonstad
- Léon Klerlein CSSp, 1924–1948, then Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem
- Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen OP , 1950–1951, titular bishop of Tremithus
Bishops of Kroonstad
- Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen OP, 1951–1975
- Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer OP, 1977-2003
- Stephen Brislin , 2006-2009
- Peter Holiday , since 2011