Polokwane diocese
| Polokwane diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Pretoria |
| Diocesan bishop | Jeremiah Madimetja Masela |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 69,533 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 2,722,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 96,900 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 3.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4.213 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 19 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart |
The diocese of Polokwane ( Latin Dioecesis Polokwanensis ) is in South Africa situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Polokwane .
history
The Diocese of Polokwane was established on December 22, 1910 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Transvaal as the Apostolic Prefecture of the North Transvaal . On June 13, 1939, the Apostolic Prefecture North Transvaal by Pope Pius XII. for territorial abbey collected and territorial abbey Pietersburg renamed. The Territorial Abbey of Pietersburg gave up on December 27, 1962 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Louis Trichardt .
On December 15, 1988, the Territorial Abbey of Pietersburg was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Pretoria as a suffragan . In September 2009, the Pietersburg diocese was renamed the Polokwane diocese .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects of the Northern Transvaal
- Ildefonso Lanslots OSB , 1911-1922
- Salvatore van Nuffel OSB, 1922-1939
Abbots of the Territorial Abbey of Pietersburg
- Friedrich Osterrath OSB, 1939–1952
- Francis Clement Van Hoeck OSB, 1954-1974
- Fulgence Werner Le Roy OSB, 1975–1988
Bishops of Pietersburg
- Fulgence Werner Le Roy OSB, 1988-2000
- Mogale Paul Nkhumishe , 2000-2009
Bishops of Polokwane
- Mogale Paul Nkhumishe, 2009-2011
- Jeremiah Madimetja Masela , since 2013