Archdiocese of Durban
Archdiocese of Durban | |
Basic data | |
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Country | South Africa |
Diocesan bishop | Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier OFM |
Coadjutor | Abel Gabuza (appointed) |
founding | 1850 |
surface | 20,300 km² |
Dean's offices | 7 (03/01/2008) |
Parishes | 75 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 3,442,360 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 141,539 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 4.1% |
Diocesan priest | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,080 |
Permanent deacons | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 269 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 255 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
cathedral | Emmanuel Cathedral |
address | Archbishop's House 154 Gordon Road Durban 4001, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa |
Website | www.catholic-dbn.org.za |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Dundee Diocese of Eshowe Diocese of Kokstad Diocese of Mariannhill Diocese of Umtata Diocese of Umzimkulu |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durban ( Latin Archidioecesis Durbaniana , English Archdiocese of Durban ) is a in South Africa located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Durban .
history
The Archdiocese of Durban was founded on November 15, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Cape of Good Hope as the Apostolic Vicariate Natal . The Apostolic Vicariate Natal gave several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new Apostolic Prefectures and Apostolic Vicariates.
On January 11, 1951, the Vicariate Apostolic Natal was by Pope Pius XII. raised to the archbishopric and renamed the archdiocese of Durban . The Archdiocese of Durban gave up parts of its territory on June 23, 1958 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Volksrust .
Vicars Apostolic of Natal
- Marie-Jean-François Allard OMI , 1851–1874
- Charles-Constant Jolivet OMI, 1874-1903
- Henri Delalle OMI, 1903-1946
- Denis Eugene Hurley OMI, 1946-1951
Archbishops of Durban
- Denis Eugene Hurley OMI, 1951-1992
- Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier OFM , since 1992
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Durban on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the SACBC website ( Memento from February 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)