Suffragan diocese Klerksdorp, South Africa
Diocese of Klerksdorp
Klerkpolitan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Klerksdorp is a Latin Church diocese in North West province, South Africa. It was established as an apostolic prefecture in 1965 and raised to a diocese on 27 February 1978, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Johannesburg.
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- Established
- 1978
- Catholics
- 103,466
- Priests
- 31
- Territory
- 34,800 km²
Parishes and churches
41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of Christ the RedeemerKlerksdorp · CathedralView parish
- AssumptionPotchefstroomView parish
- Bakriste GopolangColigny-TlhabologangView parish
- Blessed Joseph GerardLichtenburg-BlydevilleView parish
- CalvaryPotchefstroom-IkagengView parish
- Christ the KingSchweizer-RenekeView parish
- FOCHVILLE/KOKOSI St AugustineTown not recordedView parish
- Good ShepherdSchweizer-Reneke/IpelegengView parish
- Holy CrossItsosengView parish
- Holy SpiritItsosengView parish
- Holy TrinityDelareyvilleView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionOrkneyView parish
- Immaculate Heart of MaryStilfonteinView parish
- Kreste MorekolodiBloemhof/BoitumelongView parish
- Maria MamohauKananaView parish
- Mary Immaculate, Stilfontein; St Kizito, KhumaStilfonteinView parish
- Our Lady of LourdesWolmaransstad-TswelelangView parish
- Our Lord King of PeaceKlerksdorp-AlabamaView parish
- Sacred Heart (Served from Orkney)Orkney/Vaal ReefsView parish
- Served from St Paul’s Catholic ParishSt Patrick’SView parish
- Served from St Paul’s Catholic ParishKriste MotsogiView parish
- SS Peter and PaulPotchefstroom-PromosaView parish
- SS. Peter and PaulOttosdal – LetsopaView parish
- St BarbaraBoskuilView parish
- St BenedictWedelaView parish
- St BernadetteWitpoort-RulaganyangView parish
- St Charles BorromeoMakwassie-LebalengView parish
- St Charles LwangaStilfontein-KhumaView parish
- St EphraimPotchefstroom-Ikageng – LusakaView parish
- St Francis XavierLichtenburgView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Victor Hlolo Phalana
- Born
- 3 April 1961
- Birthplace
- Erasmus
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer stands in Klerksdorp, 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 ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg, the city of Klerksdorp is the seat of a Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Klerkpolitana). Its second bishop was His Lordship, the Right Reverend Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve, previously auxiliary bishop of Johannesburg, during which service he held the title of Titular Bishop of Luperciana.