Diocese of Aliwal
Alivalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aliwal, South Africa
The Diocese of Aliwal is a Latin diocese in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cape Town. It was established as a prefecture in 1923 and raised to a diocese in 1951; its bishop is Joseph Kizito.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1951
- Latin
- Alivalen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000651
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 42,300
- Population
- 536,000
- Catholic share
- 7.9%
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 4,230
- Extent
- 31,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.4
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Joseph Kizito
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Aliwal North stands in Aliwal, 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 Cape Town
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cape Town.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cape TownCape Town
- Diocese of De AarDe Aar
- Diocese of OudtshoornOudtshoorn
- Diocese of Port ElizabethPort Elizabeth
- Diocese of QueenstownQueenstown
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Aliwal North (Joe Gqabi District Municipality), this Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: Alivalen(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].