Continent: Southern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Kimberley / Kimberleyen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Bloemfontein
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2021.03.03 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Kimberley (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)
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Bishop Abel Gabuza (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I.
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Bishop John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I.
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Vicars Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. | ||||||||||
Bishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
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Vicars Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. (later Archbishop) | ||||||||||
Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I. | ||||||||||
Bishop Matteo Gaughren, O.M.I.
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Address: 20 Dalham Road, PO Box 309, Kimberley 8300, South Africa
Phone: (053) 831 1861
Area: 123,082 km²
Population: 204,390 Catholics (8.9% of 2,305,900 total) (2020)
Statistics: 23 parishes, 35 priests (30 diocesan, 5 religious), 3 deacons, 25 lay religious (5 brothers, 20 sisters), 8 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Immaculate Heart of Mary
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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