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Archdiocese of Durban

Archidioecesis Durbaniana



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Bishop(s)

  • Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M., Archbishop
  • Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 11 January 1951
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: South Africa
  • Square Kilometers: 20,300 (7,840 Square Miles)
  • Description: comprises the civil districts of Camperdown, north of the Umlaas River, (except the farms of Mariannhill, Klaarwater, Dassenhoek, Welbedag and portion of Stockville), Durban, Estcourt, Inanda, kranskop, Lions River, Lower Tugela, Maphumulo, Umvoti, Weenen, Bergville and part of Msinga.
  • Official Web Site: http://www.catholic-dbn.org.za/
  • Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, 154 Gordon Road, Morningside, Durban 4001, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Telephone: (031)303-1417
  • Fax: 312-1848

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Natal
15 November 1850ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Natal (erected)
2 July 1879Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Natal Mission "Sui Iuris" of Zambese (erected)
4 June 1886Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Natal Prefecture Apostolic of Transvaal (erected)
4 June 1886Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}
Vicariate Apostolic of Natal
Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange (erected)
27 August 1921Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Natal Prefecture Apostolic of Zululand (erected)
10 September 1921Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Natal Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill (erected)
19 April 1923Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Natal Prefecture Apostolic of Swaziland (erected)
Archdiocese of Durban
11 January 1951ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Natal Archdiocese of Durban
23 June 1958Territory LostDiocese of Bremersdorp (Piet Retief)
Archdiocese of Durban (Newcastle, Utrecht, Dundee, Klip Eivier, Helpmekaar, and parts of Msinga, Weenan, and Bergville north of Tugela river)
Diocese of Lydenburg (Ermelo, Bethal, Standerton, Volksrust, Amersfoort, and Wakkerstroom)
Prefecture Apostolic of Volksrust (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Natal
194974,4241,301,7195.7%4848884511048948ap1951
Archdiocese of Durban
1969133,8841812914791015761260ap1971
1980170,3241,875,2299.1%19871061,606113161773ap1981
1990215,0002,803,0007.7%24921161,8531311431076ap1991
1999225,2713,070,0007.3%251001251,8022324431074ap2000
2000234,6713,084,0007.6%2612386,1752716729574ap2001
2001217,7263,000,0007.3%271101371,5893132527873ap2002
2002217,4683,000,0007.2%261111371,5873033323574ap2003
2003209,1043,000,0007.0%251081331,5723033828374ap2004
2004205,3873,000,0006.8%271071341,5323034125675ap2005
2006211,0003,020,0007.0%321101421,4853034534374ap2007
2013166,8353,669,0004.5%48871351,2353629524175ap2014
2016141,5393,442,3604.1%48831311,0804326925575ap2017
2019148,7003,615,0004.1%51881391,0694233125375ap2020
2021140,7093,420,0004.1%52851371,0274333623875ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Natal
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 475
  • Archdiocese of Durban
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 43, Page 257, to Page 263

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