Suffragan diocese Eshowe, South Africa
Diocese of Eshowe
Eshoven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1951
- Catholics
- 81,000
- Priests
- 58
- Territory
- 26,364 km²
Parishes and churches
28 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral Church of St BenedictCathedral – Eshowe · CathedralView parish
- Blessed Josef Nardini Catholic Church, AddressDlangubo (Formally Fatima)View parish
- Christ the King Catholic Church, AddressNongomaView parish
- Holy Angels Catholic Church, AddressBhekuzuluView parish
- Holy Cross Catholic Church, AddressEmoyeniView parish
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church, AddressNkandlaView parish
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, AddressMthunziniView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ShrineFatimaView parish
- Regina Mundi Catholic ChurchGezahlaleView parish
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church Mangete: AddressMangetheView parish
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, AddressKwa-DlangezwaView parish
- St Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Church, AddressGonzagaView parish
- St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Mandeni, AddressMandeniView parish
- St Benedict Cassino Catholic Church, AddressNquthuView parish
- St Charles Lwanga Catholic Church, Address, A654 Lwanga Road, NgwelezaneNgwelezaneView parish
- St Francis Catholic Church, AddressRichards BayView parish
- St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, AddressMahlabathiniView parish
- St Josemaria Roman Catholic ChurchMathungelaView parish
- St Joseph Catholic ChurchMbongolwaneView parish
- St Joseph Catholic Church Ebuhleni, AddressEbuhleniView parish
- St Martin de Porres Catholic ChurchEsikhaleniView parish
- St Patrick Catholic Church, AddressEmpangeniView parish
- St Paul’s Catholic Church, AddressKwambonambiView parish
- St Pius X Catholic Church, AddressMelmothView parish
- St Raphael Catholic ChurchMondloView parish
- St Scholastica Catholic Church, AddressTwasanaView parish
- St Thomas More Catholic Church, AddressVryheidView parish
- St. Anne Catholic ChurchPaulpietersburgView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Wilfrid Napier
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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.
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.