Diocese of Witbank
Vitbanken(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Witbank, South Africa
The Diocese of Witbank is a Latin Church diocese in Mpumalanga, South Africa, with its see at Witbank (eMalahleni). Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo was appointed bishop in 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1987
- Latin
- Vitbanken(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001000162
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 127,260
- Population
- 2,528,000
- Catholic share
- 5.0%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 4,105
- Extent
- 56,886 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
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
- Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo
- Born
- 2 July 1954
- Birthplace
- Gogela
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Witbank, 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 TzaneenTzaneen
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In South Africa, the Latin Catholic Diocese of Witbank (Latin: Vitbanken(sis)) has its seat in the city of Witbank, within the ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg.
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].