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.
- St JohnVentersdorpView parish
- St John VianneyTown not recordedView parish
- St JosephLeeudoringsstad-KgakalaView parish
- St Louis BertrandPotchefstroomView parish
- St Martin de PorresKananaView parish
- St MichaelPotchefstroomView parish
- St PaulKlerksdorp-JoubertonView parish
- St PeterChristiana-UtlwanangView parish
- St PeterLichtenburg-BoikhutsoView parish
- St Theresa of the Child JesusVentersdorp-TshingView parish
- TsogongBodibeView 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.