Diocese of Polokwane
Polokwanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Polokwane, South Africa
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 September 2009
- Latin
- Polokwanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002619
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 86,268
- Population
- 2,500,000
- Catholic share
- 3.5%
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 5,751
- Extent
- 69,533 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.2
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jeremiah Madimetja Masela
- Born
- 28 June 1958
- Birthplace
- Bergzich
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Pretoria
A suffragan of Pretoria.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PretoriaPretoria
- Diocese of FrancistownFrancistown
- Diocese of GaboroneGaborone
- Diocese of RustenburgRustenburg
- Diocese of TzaneenTzaneen
- Diocese of WitbankWitbank
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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).
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].