Diocese of Witbank
Vitbanken(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Witbank, South Africa
The Diocese of Witbank is a Latin Church diocese in Mpumalanga, South Africa, with its see at Witbank (eMalahleni). Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo was appointed bishop in 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1987
- Latin
- Vitbanken(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001000162
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 127,260
- Population
- 2,528,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.0%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 4,105
- Extent
- 56,886 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
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
- Bishop
- Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo
- Born
- 2 July 1954
- Birthplace
- Gogela
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Witbank, 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 RustenburgRustenburg
- Diocese of TzaneenTzaneen
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In South Africa, the Latin Catholic Diocese of Witbank (Latin: Vitbanken(sis)) has its seat in the city of Witbank, within the ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg.
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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.