Diocese of Queenstown
Civitatis Reginae seu Queenstovnen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Queenstown, South Africa
The Diocese of Queenstown is a Latin rite suffragan see in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, established as a diocese in 1951. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cape Town, with the Cathedral of Christ the King as its seat. Its current ordinary, Siphiwo Paul Vanqa, was ordained bishop in 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1951
- Latin
- Civitatis Reginae seu Queenstovnen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001002697
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,600
- Population
- 2,110,000
- Catholic share
- 2.9%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 3,080
- Extent
- 25,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.5
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
- Paul Siphiwo Vanqa
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
Cathedral of Christ the King stands in Queenstown, 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 Cape Town
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cape Town.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cape TownCape Town
- Diocese of AliwalAliwal
- Diocese of De AarDe Aar
- Diocese of OudtshoornOudtshoorn
- Diocese of Port ElizabethPort Elizabeth
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].