Apostolic vicariate Ingwavuma, South Africa
Diocese of Ingwavuma
Ingvavumen(sis)
Latin Church
Ingwavuma is an Apostolic Vicariate of the Latin Church in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, immediately subject to the Holy See. It was established as an apostolic prefecture in 1962 and raised to an apostolic vicariate in 1990. Bishop Vusumuzi Francis Mazibuko, O.M.I., has been vicar apostolic since 2023.
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- Established
- 1962
- Catholics
- 26,233
- Priests
- 17
- Territory
- 12,369 km²
Parishes and churches
7 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Hlabisa Parish: Malusi Omuhle (Good Shepherd)Town not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Hluhluwe Parish . Our Lady of Assumption’sTown not recordedView parish
- Ndumo Parish . St PhilipTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual HelpTown not recordedView parish
- St AlexisTown not recordedView parish
- St LuciaTown not recordedView parish
- Star of the Sea ParishTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Vusumuzi Francis Mazibuko
- Born
- 17 May 1965
- Birthplace
- Leskop
- Institute
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and Our Lady of Sorrows, Hlabisa stands in Ingwavuma, 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's Umkhanyakude District Municipality, the town of Ingwavuma gives its name to a Latin Catholic apostolic vicariate, the Apostolic Vicariate of Ingwavuma (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Ingvavumensis).