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Suffragan diocese Bethlehem, South Africa

Diocese of Bethlehem

Bethlehemen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Bethlehem is a Latin Catholic diocese in the Free State, South Africa, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1948 and raised to a diocese in 1951. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein.

On the map

Esri
Bethlehem, South Africa, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1951
Catholics
74,343
Priests
18
Territory
34,965 km²

Parishes and churches

12 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Motlatsi Meshack Phomane (bishop-elect; succeeds de Groef)

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary stands in Bethlehem, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The South African city of Bethlehem, in the ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein, is the seat of a Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: Bethlehemen(sis)).

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