Diocese of Klerksdorp
Klerkpolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Klerksdorp, South Africa
The Diocese of Klerksdorp is a Latin Church diocese in North West province, South Africa. It was established as an apostolic prefecture in 1965 and raised to a diocese on 27 February 1978, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Johannesburg.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 February 1978
- Latin
- Klerkpolitan(us)
- Patron
- * san Pedro * san Pablo
- Annuario code
- 001001875
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 103,466
- Population
- 1,500,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 6.9%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 3,338
- Extent
- 34,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
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
- Victor Hlolo Phalana
- Born
- 3 April 1961
- Birthplace
- Erasmus
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 Christ the Redeemer stands in Klerksdorp, 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 Johannesburg
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Johannesburg.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JohannesburgJohannesburg
- Diocese of ManziniManzini
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In South Africa's ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg, the city of Klerksdorp is the seat of a Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Klerkpolitana). Its second bishop was His Lordship, the Right Reverend Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve, previously auxiliary bishop of Johannesburg, during which service he held the title of Titular Bishop of Luperciana.
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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.