Diocese of Rustenburg
Rustenburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rustenburg, South Africa
The Diocese of Rustenburg is a Latin Church diocese in North West province, South Africa, erected in 1971 as an apostolic prefecture and raised to a diocese in 1987. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pretoria and has been led by Bishop Robert Mogapi Mphiwe since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 November 1987
- Latin
- Rustenburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Annuario code
- 001002785
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,120
- Population
- 32,120
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 100.0%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 2,008
- Extent
- 32,120 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
- Robert Mogapi Mphiwe
- Born
- 14 March 1972
- Birthplace
- Pretoria
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
Pro-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Phokeng stands in Rustenburg, 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 GaboroneGaborone
- Diocese of PolokwanePolokwane
- Diocese of TzaneenTzaneen
- Diocese of WitbankWitbank
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Rustenburg in South Africa gives its name to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rustenburg (Latin: Rustenburgen(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Pretoria.
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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.