Witbank diocese
| Witbank diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Johannesburg |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1965 |
| surface | 56,886 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 2,783,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 111,500 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 4% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,484 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 17 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 59 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
| cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
| Website | http://dioceseofwitbank.mariannhillmedia.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Witbank ( lat. Dioecesis Vitbankensis , Engl. Diocese of Witbank ) is in South Africa situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Witbank .
history
The Diocese of Witbank was founded on June 12, 1923 by Pope Pius XI. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Transvaal as the Apostolic Prefecture Lydenburg . On December 9, 1948, the Apostolic Prefecture Lydenburg was by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Si Evangelii raised to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On January 11, 1951, the Apostolic Vicariate Lydenburg was by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Suprema Nobis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Pretoria as a suffragan . The Diocese of Lydenburg gave up on June 23, 1958 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Volksrust . On September 13, 1964, the Lydenburg diocese was renamed the Lydenburg-Witbank diocese . The Lydenburg-Witbank diocese was renamed the Witbank diocese on November 10, 1987 . On June 5, 2007, the Witbank diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Johannesburg as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Lydenburg
- Daniel Kauczor MCCJ , 1923-1926
- Alois Mohn MCCJ, 1926-1939
- Johannes Riegler MCCJ, 1939-1948
Apostolic Vicars of Lydenburg
- Johannes Riegler MCCJ, 1948–1951
Bishops of Lydenburg
- Johannes Riegler MCCJ, 1951–1955
- Anton Reiterer MCCJ, 1956–1964
Bishops of Lydenburg-Witbank
- Anton Reiterer MCCJ, 1964–1983
- Mogale Paul Nkhumishe , 1984-1987
Bishops of Witbank
- Mogale Paul Nkhumishe, 1984–2000, then Bishop of Pietersburg
- Paul Mandla Khumalo CMM , 2001–2008, then Archbishop of Pretoria
- Giuseppe Sandri MCCJ, 2009-2019
- Sedis vacancy , since 2019
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Witbank diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the SACBC website (English)