Diocese of Port Elizabeth (Roman Catholic)
| Diocese of Port Elizabeth (Roman Catholic) | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cape Town |
| Diocesan bishop | Vincent Mduduzi Zungu OFM |
| founding | 1847 |
| surface | 71,828 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,842,556 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 111,944 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 3.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,930 |
| Permanent deacons | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 98 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Augustine |
| Website | http://www.catholic-pe.co.za/index.htm |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Elizabeth ( Latin Dioecesis Portus Elizabethensis , English Diocese of Port Elizabeth ) is one in South Africa situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Port Elizabeth .
history
The diocese of Port Elizabeth was established on June 18, 1818 by Pope Pius VII as the Apostolic Vicariate Cape of Good Hope from areas of the diocese of São Tomé and the territorial prelature of Mozambique . The Vicariate Apostolic Cape of Good Hope was divided into an Eastern District and a Western District on July 30, 1847 . On November 15, 1850, the Apostolic Vicariate Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District gave parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Natal . The Apostolic Vicariate Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District gave parts of its territory on June 4, 1886 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Kimberley in Orange . Further assignments were made on June 12, 1923 to establish the Gariep Apostolic Prefecture and on February 20, 1929 to establish the Mission sui juris Queenstown . On June 13, 1939, the Apostolic Vicariate Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Port Elizabeth .
The Apostolic Vicariate Port Elizabeth was on January 11, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cape Town as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope
- Edward Bede Slater OSB , 1818-1831
- William Bernard Allen Collier OSB, 1840–1847, then Bishop of Port-Louis
Vicars Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District
- Aidan Devereaux , 1847-1854
- Patrick Moran , 1856–1869, then Bishop of Dunedin
- James David Ricards , 1871-1893
- Pietro Strobino , 1893-1896
- Hugh McSherry , 1896-1938
Vicars Apostolic of Port Elizabeth
- James Colbert , 1939-1948
- Hugh Boyle , 1948-1951
Bishops of Port Elizabeth
- Hugh Boyle, 1951–1954, then Bishop of Johannesburg
- Ernest Arthur Green , 1955-1970
- John Patrick Murphy , 1972-1986
-
Michael Gower Coleman , 1986-2011
- James Brendan Deenihan , 2011–2014 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Vincent Mduduzi Zungu OFM , since 2014