Suffragan diocese Kimberley, South Africa
Diocese of Kimberley
Kimberleyen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kimberley is a Latin Catholic see in the Northern Cape, South Africa, originating as a vicariate apostolic in 1886 and erected as a diocese in 1951. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Kimberley.
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- Established
- 1951
- Catholics
- 117,335
- Priests
- 41
- Territory
- 123,083 km²
Parishes and churches
31 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Duncan Theodore Tsoke
- Born
- 15 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Daveyton
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Mary stands in Kimberley, 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
Based in the South African city of Kimberley, within the ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein, the Diocese of Kimberley (Latin: Kimberleyen(sis)) is a Latin Catholic see whose bishop is seated at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Kimberley.
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Stories that name this see
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- Bitsa Lenkopane calls lay Catholics to take responsibility
- Father Oakeng Sempe witnesses change in Diocese of Kimberley
- Diocese of Kimberley celebrates 75 years
- Diocese of Kimberley celebrates Assumption
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