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Diocese of Port Elizabeth

Dioecesis Portus Elizabethensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 11 January 1951
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: South Africa
  • Square Kilometers: 71,828 (27,743 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.catholic-pe.co.za/
  • Mailing Address: 10 Park Lane, Central, Port Elizabeth 6001; P.O. Box 12194, Centrahil, Port Elizabeth 6006, South Africa
  • Telephone: (043)733.8415
  • Fax: 733.8416

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope {Capo de Buona Speranza}
18 June 1818ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope {Capo de Buona Speranza} (erected)
6 June 1837Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope {Capo de Buona Speranza} Vicariate Apostolic of Mauritius (erected)
30 July 1847Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope {Capo de Buona Speranza} Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}
30 July 1847Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope {Capo de Buona Speranza} Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}
15 November 1850Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Natal (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)
12 June 1923Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale} (BarMy-JEast, Wodehouse, SterJcstroom, Molteno Steynsburg, Middelburg Hanover, and Richmond) Prefecture Apostolic of Gariep (erected)
20 February 1929Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale} (Queenstown, Cathcart, Stutterheim, Tarka, Hofmeyr, Glen Grey, Stockenström, Maraisburg, and part of St Mark’s) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Queenstown (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Port Elizabeth
13 June 1939Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Port Elizabeth
Diocese of Port Elizabeth
11 January 1951ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Port Elizabeth Diocese of Port Elizabeth

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Port Elizabeth
195025,365784,4913.2%5718753385256816ap1951
Diocese of Port Elizabeth
196950,748717,5007.1%7312855973956339ap1971
198065,0621,542,0004.2%5712699422237545ap1981
199079,2331,824,2334.3%409491,61751323045ap1991
199992,5962,542,5963.6%398471,97051417244ap2000
200092,7312,546,0003.6%397462,01551316744ap2001
200193,1192,693,1193.5%396452,06951115744ap2002
200298,1792,698,1793.6%366422,3374917544ap2003
200398,6482,698,6483.7%398472,0981016444ap2004
200498,8002,698,8003.7%369452,195141115844ap2005
2013111,2002,985,0003.7%3423571,950292511143ap2014
2016111,9442,842,5563.9%3226581,93027289843ap2017
2019118,5362,900,0004.1%2933621,911263311662ap2020
2021119,5902,928,5354.1%3328611,960212810262ap2022

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 Cape of Good Hope {Capo de Buona Speranza}
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 474
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 474, to Page 475
  • Diocese of Port Elizabeth
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 43, Page 257, to Page 263
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