Diocese of Eshowe
Eshoven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Eshowe, South Africa
The Diocese of Eshowe is a Latin Church diocese in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Durban. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1921 and elevated to a diocese in 1951, the see has been vacant since 2020 and is administered by Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1951
- Latin
- Eshoven(sis)
- Patron
- St Benedict
- Annuario code
- 001001375
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 81,000
- Population
- 2,200,600
- Catholic share
- 3.7%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 1,397
- Extent
- 26,364 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Wilfrid Napier
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
St Benedict's Cathedral, Eshowe stands in Eshowe, 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 Durban
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Durban.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DurbanDurban
- Diocese of DundeeDundee
- Diocese of KokstadKokstad
- Diocese of MariannhillMariannhill
- Diocese of MthathaMthatha
- Diocese of UmzimkuluUmzimkulu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In South Africa, the Latin Catholic Diocese of Eshowe (Latin: Eshoven(sis)) has its seat in the city of Eshowe and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Durban.
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].