Continent: Southern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Witbank / Vitbanken(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Johannesburg
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Saint Peter Claver, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
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Address: PO Box 651, Witbank 1035, South Africa
Phone: (013) 656 6827
Bishop (2020.11.25 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Witbank (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Witbank (South Africa) To serve the Lord with one accord
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Bishop Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.J.
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pretoria (South Africa)
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Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe
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Bishops of Lydenburg–Witbank (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe | ||||||||||
Bishop Anthony Reiterer, M.C.C.J.
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Bishops of Lydenburg (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Anthony Reiterer, M.C.C.J. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Giovanni Riegler, F.S.C.I.
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Vicars Apostolic of Lydenburg (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Giovanni Riegler, F.S.C.I. (see above) | ||||||||||
Prefects Apostolic of Lydenburg (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Giovanni Riegler, F.S.C.I. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Aloysius Mohn, M.F.S.C. Prefect Apostolic of Lydenburg (South Africa) (1926 – 1939) | ||||||||||
Fr. Daniel Kauczor, M.F.S.C. Prefect Apostolic of Lydenburg (South Africa) (1923 – 1926) |
Area: 56,886 km²
Population: 126,000 Catholics (4.0% of 3,147,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 31 priests (17 diocesan, 14 religious), 14 deacons, 62 religious (16 brothers, 46 sisters), 7 seminarians
Last updated on 2023.11.30
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