Suffragan diocese Mariannhill, South Africa
Diocese of Mariannhill
Collis Mariae seu Mariannhillen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- St KizitoKwa NdengeziView parish
- St MagdaleneEzimbokodweniView parish
- St Martin in the fieldsCreightonView parish
- St Matthias MurumbaUmbumbuluView parish
- St MichaelNdonyaneView parish
- St PatrickEmabheleniView parish
- St RaphaelMkhunyaView parish
- St StephenSunduzwayoView parish
- St TimothyMophelaView parish
- St WendelinSt WendelinView parish
- Uganda MartyrsUmlaziView parish
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.