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.
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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.
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.