Diocese of Keimoes–Upington
Keimoesan(us)-Upingtonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Keimoes–Upington, South Africa
The Diocese of Keimoes-Upington is a Latin Rite diocese in the Northern Cape of South Africa, raised to a diocese in 1951 and renamed in 1985. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein and has been sede vacante since Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi's tenure ended in December 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 February 1985
- Latin
- Keimoesan(us)-Upingtonen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception and St. Francis de Sales
- Annuario code
- 001001828
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 60,501
- Population
- 331,984
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 18.2%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 2,881
- Extent
- 272,265 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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 of Keimoes-Upington
- Zolile Peter Mpambani
- Born
- 20 February 1957
- Birthplace
- Umlamli
- Institute
- SACERDOTI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ (DEHONIANI)
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Pella stands in Keimoes–Upington, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Augustine, Upington.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bloemfontein
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bloemfontein.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BloemfonteinBloemfontein
- Diocese of BethlehemBethlehem
- Diocese of KimberleyKimberley
- Diocese of KroonstadKroonstad
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Gathered around the towns of Keimoes and Upington in South Africa's Northern Cape (ZF Mgcawu District Municipality), the Diocese of Keimoes-Upington (Latin: Dioecesis Keimoesana-Upingtonensis) is a Latin Catholic see within the ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein.
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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.