Diocese of Kimberley
Kimberleyen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kimberley, South Africa
The Diocese of Kimberley is a Latin Catholic see in the Northern Cape, South Africa, originating as a vicariate apostolic in 1886 and erected as a diocese in 1951. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Kimberley.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1951
- Latin
- Kimberleyen(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculado Corazón de María
- Annuario code
- 001001859
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 117,335
- Population
- 1,740,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 6.7%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 2,862
- Extent
- 123,083 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- Duncan Theodore Tsoke
- Born
- 15 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Daveyton
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 St. Mary stands in Kimberley, 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 Bloemfontein
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bloemfontein.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BloemfonteinBloemfontein
- Diocese of BethlehemBethlehem
- Diocese of Keimoes–UpingtonKeimoes–Upington
- Diocese of KroonstadKroonstad
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the South African city of Kimberley, within the ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein, the Diocese of Kimberley (Latin: Kimberleyen(sis)) is a Latin Catholic see whose bishop is seated at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Kimberley.
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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.