roman, catholic, diocese, queenstown, diocese, ireland, roman, catholic, diocese, cloyne, latin, queenstovnen, diocese, located, town, queenstown, ecclesiastical, province, cape, town, south, africa, diocese, queenstowndioecesis, civitatis, reginae, queenstove. For the diocese in Ireland see Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne The Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown Latin Queenstovnen sis is a diocese located in the town of Queenstown in the ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa Diocese of QueenstownDioecesis Civitatis Reginae seu QueenstovensisLocationCountrySouth AfricaMetropolitanCape TownStatisticsArea25 000 km2 9 700 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 2 110 00056 000 2 7 InformationRiteLatin RiteCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopPaul Siphiwo Vanqa Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Bishops 3 1 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop 4 See also 5 SourcesHistory edit1928 Established as Mission sui iuris of Queenstown from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope Eastern District March 29 1938 Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Queenstown April 9 1948 Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Queenstown January 11 1951 Promoted as Diocese of QueenstownSpecial churches editThe cathedral is Cathedral of Christ the King in Queenstown Bishops editPrefect Apostolic of Queenstown Fr John Baptist Rosenthal S A C 1940 02 09 1948 04 09 see below Vicar Apostolic of Queenstown Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal S A C see above 1948 04 09 1951 01 11 see below Bishops of Queenstown Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal S A C see above 1951 01 11 1972 02 03 Bishop John Baptist Rosner S A C 1972 02 03 1984 02 03 Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof S A C 1984 02 03 2009 11 16 Bishop Dabula Mpako 2011 05 23 2019 04 30 appointed Archishop of Pretoria and Bishop of South Africa Military Bishop Paul Siphiwo Vanqa S A C 2021 03 03 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop edit Sithembele Anton Sipuka appointed Bishop of Umtata in 2008See also editRoman Catholicism in South AfricaSources editGCatholic org Catholic Hierarchy31 54 00 S 26 53 00 E 31 9000 S 26 8833 E 31 9000 26 8833 nbsp This article about an organisation in South Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown amp oldid 1197856071, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
