Suffragan diocese Kokstad, South Africa
Diocese of Kokstad
Kokstaden(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kokstad is a Latin Church diocese in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1935 and raised to a diocese on 11 January 1951, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Durban. Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa was appointed in 2022.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1951
- Catholics
- 72,000
- Priests
- 22
- Territory
- 17,635 km²
Parishes and churches
9 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Patrick’s CathedralKokstad · CathedralView parish
- Christ the KingMount AyliffView parish
- Our Lady of KnockTaylorville/Hlangwini/MzongwanaView parish
- Sacred HeartMount FrereView parish
- St AnthonyLusikisikiView parish
- St Francis , Church StreetNtabankuluView parish
- St. AnthonysMakhoasengView parish
- St.MatthewsKwa MakhobaView parish
- Uganda MartyrsKokstad, BhongweniView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thulani Victor Mbuyisa
- Born
- 13 February 1973
- Birthplace
- Exobho
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DI MARIANNHILL
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral stands in Kokstad, 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 Durban, the city of Kokstad is home to a Latin Catholic diocese bearing its name (Latin: Kokstaden(sis)).
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
The wire's resolver matched this see in the text of each story.
Filed by our own wire from published sources. Read the wire.