Metropolitan see Windhoek, Namibia
Archdiocese of Windhoek
Vindhoeken(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Windhoek is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Windhoek in Namibia, originating as the Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Cimbebasia in 1892 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1994. Its suffragans are Keetmanshoop and Rundu.
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- Established
- 1892
- Catholics
- 363,000
- Priests
- 71
- Territory
- 560,158 km²
Parishes and churches
45 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Peter’s ParishWalvis BayView parish
- St. Antonius ParishOtjiwarongoView parish
- St. Barbara’s ParishTsumebView parish
- St. Charles Borromeo ParishRuacanaView parish
- St. Charles Lwanga ParishOshakatiView parish
- St. Conrad’s ParishGobabisView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ParishTsumebView parish
- St. John’s ParishArandisView parish
- St. Joseph ParishDobraView parish
- St. Judas Thaddeus ParishOur Lady of Perpetual SuccourView parish
- St. Peter Canisius ParishAnamulengeView parish
- St. Stefanus ParishTamariskiaView parish
- St. Teresa of the Child Jesus ParishOshikukuView parish
- Stella Maris ParishWalvis BayView parish
- Windhoek CathedralWindhoekView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda
- Born
- 7 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Oshikuku
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
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The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral stands in Windhoek, 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
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek (Latin: Vindhoeken(sis)) serves as the Metropolitan See of the ecclesiastical province of Windhoek in Namibia. Its lineage traces to the Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia, established in 1892; the archdiocese itself was fully erected in March 1994. Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda is the current archbishop.