Diocese of Tzaneen, South Africa

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tzaneen / Tzaneen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pretoria

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Tzaneen, Limpopo

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.01.28 – ...):

Bishop João Noé Rodrigues (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tzaneen (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Noé Rodrigues (67)
(2010.01.28 – ...)

Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa)

Caritas numquam excidit

Born:	1955.03.08 (Cape Town, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1982.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.18

Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa) (2010.01.28 – ...)

Bishop Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C. (88)
(1987.07.18 – 2010.01.28)

Bishop emeritus of Tzaneen (South Africa)

Born:	1934.03.10 (Nenagh, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.09.30

Bishop of Louis Trichardt–Tzaneen (South Africa) (1984.06.22 – 1987.07.18)

Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa) (1987.07.18 – 2010.01.28)

Bishops of Louis Trichardt–Tzaneen (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C. (88)
(1984.06.22 – 1987.07.18)

(see above)

Bishop John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C.
(1972.11.16 – 1984.06.22)

Born:	1913.02.10 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1937.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.03.04
Died:	1990.09.27 († 77)

Prefect Apostolic of Louis Trichardt (South Africa) (1963.02.15 – 1972.11.16)

Bishop of Louis Trichardt–Tzaneen (South Africa) (1972.11.16 – 1984.06.22)

Prefects Apostolic of Louis Trichardt (Roman Rite)

Fr. John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. (later Bishop)
(1963.02.15 – 1972.11.16)

(see above)

Contact Info

Address: 31 Draai Road, PO Box 261, Tzaneen 0850, South Africa

Phone: (015) 307) 5244

Website:

Statistics

Area: 49,500 km²

Population: 49,900 Catholics (1.9% of 2,683,480 total) (2020)

Statistics: 14 parishes, 1 mission, 26 priests (9 diocesan, 17 religious), 3 deacons, 46 lay religious (17 brothers, 29 sisters), 4 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Saint Joseph

History

1962.12.27: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Louis Trichardt / de Louis Trichardt (Latin) (from Territorial Abbacy of Pietersburg)
1972.11.16: Promoted as Diocese of Louis Trichardt–Tzaneen / de Louis Trichardt–Tzaneen (Latin) (became suffragan of Pretoria)
1987.07.18: Renamed as Diocese of Tzaneen / Tzaneen(sis) (Latin)