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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Keetmanshoop

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop (Latin: Keetmanshoopen(sis)) is a suffragan diocese in the Latin Rite Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Windhoek in Namibia, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Stanislaus Cathedral, in the city of Keetmanshoop.

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 42,570 Catholics (23.6% of 180,000 total population) on 264,110 km in 11 parishes and 32 missions with 16 priests (3 diocesan, 13 religious), 13 deacons, 65 lay religious (17 brothers, 48 sisters) and 2 seminarists.

History

Bishops

(all Roman rite, so far members of a missionary congregation)

Apostolic Prefects of Great Namaqualand
Apostolic Vicars of Great Namaqualand
Apostolic Vicars of Keetmanshoop
Suffragan Bishops of Keetmanshoop
  • Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (see above 1994.03.14 – death 2002.11.23)
  • Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I. (2007.05.31 – retired 2017.07.21)
  • Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S. (2018.02.07 – ...); no previous prelature.

Coadjutor Bishop

See also

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