Diocese of Gaborone
Gaboronen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gaborone, Botswana
Latin Church diocese covering Botswana, established as a diocese in 1966 and renamed Gaborone in 1970. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pretoria, led by Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, who holds the personal title of archbishop.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 April 1970
- Latin
- Gaboronen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Annuario code
- 001001454
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 63,926
- Population
- 1,003,645
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 6.4%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 1,776
- Extent
- 178,301 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Bishop
- Franklyn Nubuasah
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Gaborone, 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 Pretoria
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pretoria.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PretoriaPretoria
- Diocese of FrancistownFrancistown
- Diocese of PolokwanePolokwane
- Diocese of RustenburgRustenburg
- Diocese of TzaneenTzaneen
- Diocese of WitbankWitbank
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Gaborone, Botswana, within the ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa, stands the Diocese of Gaborone (Latin: Dioecesis Gaboronensis), a Latin Catholic diocese. Its motto is Deus Caritas Est, meaning "God is love."
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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.