Diocese of Eshowe
Eshoven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Eshowe, South Africa
The Diocese of Eshowe is a Latin Church diocese in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Durban. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1921 and elevated to a diocese in 1951, the see has been vacant since 2020 and is administered by Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1951
- Latin
- Eshoven(sis)
- Patron
- St Benedict
- Annuario code
- 001001375
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 81,000
- Population
- 2,200,600
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.7%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 1,397
- Extent
- 26,364 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Wilfrid Napier
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Benedict's Cathedral, Eshowe stands in Eshowe, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Durban
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Durban.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DurbanDurban
- Diocese of DundeeDundee
- Diocese of KokstadKokstad
- Diocese of MariannhillMariannhill
- Diocese of MthathaMthatha
- Diocese of UmzimkuluUmzimkulu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In South Africa, the Latin Catholic Diocese of Eshowe (Latin: Eshoven(sis)) has its seat in the city of Eshowe and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Durban.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.