Suffragan diocese De Aar, South Africa
Diocese of De Aar
De Aaren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of De Aar in South Africa's Northern Cape was erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1953 and promoted to a diocese on April 13, 1967. It is suffragan to Cape Town, and Bishop Adam Leszek Musialek has led it since July 17, 2009.
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- Established
- 1967
- Catholics
- 6,109
- Priests
- 6
- Territory
- 67,248 km²
Parishes and churches
6 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral Church of St MaryDe Aar · CathedralView parish
- Christ the KingMiddelburgView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionGraaff-ReinetView parish
- Sacred HeartPetrusvilleView parish
- St Francis Xavier , ; St JosephColesbergView parish
- St John’s MissionDe AarView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Adam Musiałek
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption stands in De Aar, 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.
History
Centered on the city of De Aar, within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality of South Africa, this Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: De Aaren(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cape Town.