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Diocese of Kimberley

Dioecesis Kimberleyensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 11 January 1951
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: South Africa
  • Square Kilometers: 123,082 (47,540 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, 20 Dalham Road, P.O. Box 309, Kimberley 8300, South Africa
  • Telephone: (053)831.18.61/2
  • Fax: 831.18.63

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange
4 June 1886ErectedVicariate 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)
8 May 1894Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange Prefecture Apostolic of Basutoland (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}
1918Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}
26 November 1923Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale} Prefecture Apostolic of Kroonstad (erected)
30 March 1930Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Transvaal (Marico and Rustemburg) Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}
9 April 1948Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale} (Rustemburg and Marico)
Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal (Pretoria and Erits)
Vicariate Apostolic of Pretoria (erected)
11 January 1951Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Aliwal (Fauresmith, Philippolis, Smithfield, Edenburg, Trompsburg, and Zastron)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale} (Bloemfontein, Thabunch, Wetsdorp, Jacobsdal, Boshof, Wepener, Redderburg, and parts of Ladybrand and Hoopstad)
Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (erected)
Diocese of Kimberley
11 January 1951ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale} Diocese of Kimberley
2 April 1959Territory LostDiocese of Bulawayo
Diocese of Kimberley
Vicariate Apostolic of Windhoek
Prefecture Apostolic of Bechuanaland (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}
195032,727691,6494.7%3939839781524ap1951
Diocese of Kimberley
196951,803137381,36373893ap1971
198066,835565,00011.8%325282,38641754ap1981
199093,948707,00013.3%321243,91438424ap1991
1999113,2701,502,2307.5%1814323,53919348ap2000
2000117,3551,603,7607.3%1715323,667202715ap2001
2001118,7301,607,3507.4%1414284,240192816ap2002
2002119,6901,690,4807.1%1412264,603162116ap2003
2003119,7801,730,6806.9%1315284,277192016ap2004
2004117,3351,740,0006.7%1616323,666202617ap2005
2006117,2601,780,0006.6%1918373,169222517ap2007
2013180,9652,047,0008.8%2411355,1703132718ap2014
2016189,6002,136,0008.9%323355,417331123ap2017
2019198,7002,241,5008.9%253287,096391323ap2020
2021204,3902,305,9008.9%305355,839352023ap2022

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 Kimberley in South Africa {nell’Africa Meridionale}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 22, Page 485
  • Diocese of Kimberley
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 43, Page 257, to Page 263

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