Suffragan diocese Manzini, Eswatini
Diocese of Manzini
Manzinien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1923
- Catholics
- 55,130
- Priests
- 25
- Territory
- 17,364 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Our Lady of AssumptionMankayane · CathedralView parish
- Our Lady of the Assumption – Cathedral: ManziniTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Christ the KingHlatikuluView parish
- Christ the King (Hlatikulu)Town not recordedView parish
- Good ShepherdSitekiMass times recorded
- Good Shepherd (Siteki)Town not recordedView parish
- Holy Rosary (Mankayane)Town not recordedView parish
- Mater DolorosaMbabaneView parish
- Mater Dolorosa (Mbabane)Town not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of SorrowsHlutiMass times recorded
- Our Lady of Sorrows (Hluthi)Town not recordedView parish
- Regina MundiMbelebeleniView parish
- Regina Mundi (Piggs Peak)Town not recordedView parish
- Sacred HeartNhlanganoMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart (Nhlangano)Town not recordedView parish
- Santissima Anunziata (Florence)Town not recordedView parish
- St ConstantineSitekiMass times recorded
- St Constantine (Tshaneni)Town not recordedView parish
- St Ignatius of LoyolaSiphofaneniView parish
- St Ignatius of Loyola (Siphofaneni)Town not recordedView parish
- St John BoscoMalkernsMass times recorded
- St John Bosco (Malkerns)Town not recordedView parish
- St JosephMzimpofuView parish
- St Joseph’s (Mzimpofu)Town not recordedView parish
- St MaryLobambaMass times recorded
- St Mary (Lobamba)Town not recordedView parish
- St PeregrineBulandzeniMass times recorded
- St Peregrine (Bulandzeni)Town not recordedView parish
- St Peter and PaulKwaluseniMass times recorded
- St Peter and Paul (Kwaluseni)Town not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- José Luis Gerardo Ponce de León
- Born
- 8 May 1961
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires
- Institute
- ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption stands in Manzini, 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
Eswatini's Diocese of Manzini (Latin: Manzinien(sis)) is a Latin Church territory whose episcopal see is in the city of Manzini. It is a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Johannesburg in South Africa.