Suffragan diocese Gaborone, Botswana
Diocese of Gaborone
Gaboronen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1966
- Catholics
- 63,926
- Priests
- 36
- Territory
- 178,301 km²
Parishes and churches
25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of Christ the KingGaborone · CathedralView parish
- ( St. Andrew Catholic Mission) P . o . Box Oodi, BotswanaOodiView parish
- (Mother of Sorrow) and OutstationsKumakwaneView parish
- (Our lady of Holy Rosary) and MoshupaThamagaView parish
- (St. Bernard’s Catholic Mission) Institutions: St Bernard’s Mission SchoolTaungView parish
- Catholic MissionTsabongView parish
- Divine MercyMetsimotlhabeView parish
- Good Shepherd , Good Shepherd Catholic MissionPhakalaneView parish
- Holy CrossMogoditshaneView parish
- Holy Spirit Catholic MissionMmankgodiView parish
- Lapa La LeratoJwanengView parish
- Maria Thuso ya BakresteGood HopeView parish
- Sacred HeartKopongView parish
- Sedibeng , Sedibeng Catholic MissionMolepololeView parish
- St Bernadette’s Catholic ChurchGaborone WestView parish
- St Conrad’s MissionRamotswaView parish
- St JosephKgaleView parish
- St Mary’s (Wood Hall)LobatseView parish
- St Paul’s Catholic MissionMochudiView parish
- St Peter’s MissionGabaneView parish
- St Theresa’s Catholic ChurchLobatseView parish
- St. Boniface Catholic MissionHukuntsiView parish
- St. Emmanuel Catholic MissionPhaphaneView parish
- Thapelong Catholic Mission: P o BoxKanyeView parish
- Tsholofelong MissionTlokwengView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Franklyn Nubuasah
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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.
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."