Diocese of

Gaborone

Botswana

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gaborone / Gaboronen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pretoria

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Sorrows

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1959.04.02: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bechuanaland (from Diocese of Bulawayo, Diocese of Kimberley and Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek)
1966.08.05: Promoted as Diocese of Gaberones / Gaberonesen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Bloemfontein)
1970.04.07: Renamed as Diocese of Gaborone / Gaboronen(sis) (Latin)
1998.06.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Francistown
2007.06.05: Became suffragan of Pretoria

Contact Info

Address: PO Box 218, Gaborone, Botswana

Phone: (00267) 395 2928

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1988.09)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.06.06 – ...):

Archbishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (74)

Archbishop ad personam

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gaborone (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (74)
(2019.06.06 – ...)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana)
Archbishop ad personam

Born:	1949.07.07 (Likpe Abozome, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1980.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.11.07

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1998.06.27 – 2017.10.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Francistown (Botswana) (1998.06.27 – 2017.10.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Gaborone (Botswana) (2017.08.09 – 2019.06.06)

Bishop of Francistown (Botswana) (2017.10.02 – 2019.06.06)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) (2019.06.06 – ...)

Archbishop ad personam (2021.07.05 – ...)

Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (74) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2017.08.09 – 2019.06.06)

Bishop Valentine Tsamma Seane (57)
(2009.02.05 – 2017.08.09)

Bishop emeritus of Gaborone (Botswana)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1966.11.02 (Lobaste, Botswana)
Ordained Priest:	1994.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.04.25

Priest of Gaborone (Botswana) (1994.03.19 – 2009.02.05)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) (2009.02.05 – 2017.08.09)

Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2016.01.28 – 2018.02)

Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi
(1981.11.30 – 2009.02.05)

Born:	1927.09.14 (Serowe, Botswana)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.03.06
Died:	2019.01.25 (Gaborone, Botswana † 91)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) (1981.11.30 – 2009.02.05)

Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P.
(1970.04.07 – 1981.02.28)

Born:	1919.07.12 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1945.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.09.14
Died:	1981.02.28 († 61)

Prefect Apostolic of Bechuanaland (Botswana) (1959.04.24 – 1966.08.05)

Bishop of Gaberones (Botswana) (1966.08.05 – 1970.04.07)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) (1970.04.07 – 1981.02.28)

Bishops of Gaberones (Roman Rite)

Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P.
(1966.08.05 – 1970.04.07)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Bechuanaland (Roman Rite)

Fr. Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. (later Bishop)
(1959.04.24 – 1966.08.05)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Christ the King Cathedral, Gaborone

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 174,821 km²

Population: 85,479 Catholics (6.4% of 1,328,740 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 46 priests (21 diocesan, 25 religious), 3 deacons, 77 religious (28 brothers, 49 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.28

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