Diocese of Umtata
| Diocese of Umtata | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Durban |
| Diocesan bishop | Sithembele Anton Sipuka |
| Vicar General | Hormisdas Mwuluzi |
| founding | 1930 |
| surface | 23,400 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,867,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 75,600 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 4% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,800 |
| Friars | 19 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 90 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven |
| Website | http://dioceseofmthatha.mariannhillmedia.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Umtata ( lat. : Dioecesis Umtatana ) is in South Africa situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Mthatha (formerly Umtata ).
history
The diocese of Umtata was founded on March 30, 1930 by Pope Pius XI. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Mariannhill as the Apostolic Prefecture of Umtata . On April 13, 1937, the Apostolic Prefecture Umtata was by Pius XI. raised to the apostolic vicariate .
The Apostolic Vicariate Umtata 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 Umtata
- Emmanuel Hanisch MHM , 1930-1937
Vicars Apostolic of Umtata
- Emmanuel Hanisch MHM, 1937-1940
- Joseph Grueter CMM , 1941–1951
Bishops of Umtata
- Joseph Grueter CMM, 1951–1968
- Ernst Heinrich Karlen CMM, 1968–1974, then Bishop of Bulawayo
- Peter Fanyana John Butelezi OMI , 1975–1978, then Archbishop of Bloemfontein
- Andrew Zolile Brook , 1979-1995
- Oswald Hirmer , 1997-2008
- Sithembele Anton Sipuka , since 2008
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Umtata on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the SACBC website (English)