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Diocese of Manzini
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The Diocese of Manzini is the Latin Rite diocese covering Eswatini, established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Swaziland in 1923 and a suffragan of Johannesburg in South Africa. It has been led by Bishop Jose Luis Gerardo Ponce de Leon since 2013.
- Bishop
- José Luis Gerardo Ponce de León
- Latin name
- Manzinien(sis)
- Erected
- 7 November 1961 (origins 1923)
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Johannesburg (Archdiocese of Johannesburg)
- Catholics
- 55,130
- Parishes
- 14
- Catholics per parish
- 3,938
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 19, Sandlane St., Manzini M200, eSwatini
- Telephone
- Tel. 355.00.784; fax 250.54.876
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Ingwavuma ZA 93 km
- Archdiocese of Maputo MZ 133 km
- Diocese of Witbank ZA 227 km
- Diocese of Eshowe ZA 267 km
- Diocese of Xai-Xai MZ 278 km
- Diocese of Tzaneen ZA 321 km
Parishes near the see
- Holy Rosary (Mankayane) 1 km
- Our Lady of Sorrows (Hluthi) 1 km
- Mater Dolorosa (Mbabane) 1 km
- Regina Mundi · Mbelebeleni 1 km
- Sacred Heart (Nhlangano) 2 km
- St Phillip 2 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002150 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08