Continent: Southern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Polokwane / Polokwanen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Pretoria
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2013.06.10 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Polokwane (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Polokwane (South Africa)
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Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe
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Bishops of Pietersburg (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. Subl.
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Abbot Ordinaries of Pietersburg (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. Subl. (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. Subl. (later Bishop) | ||||||||||
Bishop Francis Clement van Hoeck, O.S.B. Subl.
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Bishop Frederic Osterrath, O.S.B. Subl.
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Prefects Apostolic of Northern Transvaal (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Salvatore van Nuffel, O.S.B. Subl.
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Fr. Ildefonso Lanslots, O.S.B. Subl.
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Area: 69,533 km²
Population: 25,193 Catholics (0.9% of 2,664,600 total) (2020)
Statistics: 13 parishes, 1 mission, 15 priests (diocesan), 26 lay religious (12 brothers, 14 sisters), 5 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Saint Benedict of Norcia
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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