Diocese of Gaborone
Gaboronen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gaborone, Botswana
Latin Church diocese covering Botswana, established as a diocese in 1966 and renamed Gaborone in 1970. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pretoria, led by Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, who holds the personal title of archbishop.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 April 1970
- Latin
- Gaboronen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Annuario code
- 001001454
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 63,926
- Population
- 1,003,645
- Catholic share
- 6.4%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 1,776
- Extent
- 178,301 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Franklyn Nubuasah
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Gaborone, 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 Pretoria
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pretoria.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PretoriaPretoria
- Diocese of FrancistownFrancistown
- Diocese of PolokwanePolokwane
- Diocese of RustenburgRustenburg
- Diocese of TzaneenTzaneen
- Diocese of WitbankWitbank
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Gaborone, Botswana, within the ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa, stands the Diocese of Gaborone (Latin: Dioecesis Gaboronensis), a Latin Catholic diocese. Its motto is Deus Caritas Est, meaning "God is love."
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].