Suffragan diocese Polokwane, South Africa
Diocese of Polokwane
Polokwanen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Polokwane is a Latin Rite diocese in Limpopo, South Africa, erected as the Diocese of Pietersburg in 1988 and renamed Polokwane in 2009. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pretoria.
On the map
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- Established
- 1988
- Catholics
- 86,268
- Priests
- 15
- Territory
- 69,533 km²
Parishes and churches
13 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of the Sacred HeartPolokwane · CathedralView parish
- Corpus ChristiLephalaleView parish
- Our Lady MediatrixBela – BelaView parish
- Our Lady of FatimaFatimaView parish
- Our Lady of Good CounselDoornspruitView parish
- Ss. Peter and PaulMokopaneView parish
- SS. Peter and PaulSeshegoView parish
- St. BenedictLebowakgomoView parish
- St. BernardVrederustView parish
- St. FrancisMatlalaView parish
- St. Gregory the GreatTurfloopView parish
- St. MaurSubiacoView parish
- St. PetersCeres / MoletjieView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jeremiah Madimetja Masela
- Born
- 28 June 1958
- Birthplace
- Bergzich
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The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Polokwane stands in Polokwane, 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
Polokwane, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa, is the seat of this Latin Catholic diocese, known in Latin as Polokwanen(sis).