Continent: Southern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Windhoek / Vindhœkn(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Keetmanshoop, Rundu
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2004.09.21 – ...): | Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. (65) President of Namibian Catholic Bishop’s Conference President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Windhoek (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. (65) Metropolitan Archbishop of Windhoek (Namibia)
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Archbishop Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P.
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Vicars Apostolic of Windhoek (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. In omnibus gentibus salutare tuum
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Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I.
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Prefects Apostolic of Cimbebasia (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Prefects Apostolic of Lower Cimbebasia (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Eugenio Klaeyle, O.M.I.
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Area: 560,158 km²
Population: 316,000 Catholics (12.0% of 2,636,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 77 parishes, 20 missions
Personnel: 71 priests (25 diocesan, 46 religious), 24 deacons, 417 religious (70 brothers, 347 sisters), 12 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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