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Suffragan diocese Klerksdorp, South Africa

Diocese of Klerksdorp

Klerkpolitan(us)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer, in Klerksdorp, South Africa.

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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.

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.