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Suffragan diocese Mariannhill, South Africa

Diocese of Mariannhill

Collis Mariae seu Mariannhillen(sis)

The Diocese of Mariannhill is a Latin Church diocese in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1921 and raised to a diocese on 11 January 1951. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durban.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Joseph's Cathedral, in Mariannhill, South Africa.

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Established
1951
Catholics
329,575
Priests
78
Territory
12,612 km²

Parishes and churches

41 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
Neil Augustine Frank
Born
21 August 1966
Birthplace
Pietermaritzburg
Institute
MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA

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The cathedral

St. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Mariannhill, 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

Mariannhill, in South Africa, gives its name to a Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: Collis Mariae/Mariannhillen(sis)) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Durban.