Diocese of Tzaneen
Tzaneen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tzaneen, South Africa
The Diocese of Tzaneen is a Latin Church diocese in Limpopo, South Africa, erected in 1962 (originally as the Apostolic Prefecture of Louis Trichardt) and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pretoria. Its ordinary is Bishop João Noé Rodrigues, appointed in 2010.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 July 1987
- Latin
- Tzaneen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000030
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 49,543
- Population
- 2,500,000
- Catholic share
- 2.0%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 1,835
- Extent
- 49,472 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- João Noé Rodrigues
- Born
- 8 March 1955
- Birthplace
- Cape Town
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 the Most Holy Trinity, Tzaneen stands in Tzaneen, 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 Archdiocese of Pretoria.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PretoriaPretoria
- Diocese of FrancistownFrancistown
- Diocese of GaboroneGaborone
- Diocese of PolokwanePolokwane
- Diocese of RustenburgRustenburg
- Diocese of WitbankWitbank
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Tzaneen in South Africa, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tzaneen (Latin: Tzaneen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Pretoria.
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].