Diocese of Kokstad
Kokstaden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kokstad, South Africa
The Diocese of Kokstad is a Latin Church diocese in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1935 and raised to a diocese on 11 January 1951, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Durban. Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa was appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1951
- Latin
- Kokstaden(sis)
- Patron
- St. Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001001880
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 72,000
- Population
- 1,300,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.5%
- Priests
- 22
- Catholics per priest
- 3,273
- Extent
- 17,635 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.1
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
- Bishop
- Thulani Victor Mbuyisa
- Born
- 13 February 1973
- Birthplace
- Exobho
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DI MARIANNHILL
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. Patrick's Cathedral stands in Kokstad, 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 EshoweEshowe
- Diocese of MariannhillMariannhill
- Diocese of MthathaMthatha
- Diocese of UmzimkuluUmzimkulu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In South Africa's ecclesiastical province of Durban, the city of Kokstad is home to a Latin Catholic diocese bearing its name (Latin: Kokstaden(sis)).
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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.