roman, catholic, diocese, gaborone, latin, dioecesis, gaboronensis, diocese, located, city, gaborone, botswana, ecclesiastical, province, pretoria, south, africa, motto, diocese, deus, caritas, which, means, love, diocese, gaboronedioecesis, gaboronensislocati. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone Latin Dioecesis Gaboronensis is a diocese located in the city of Gaborone Botswana in the Ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa The motto of the diocese is Deus Caritas Est which means God is love Diocese of GaboroneDioecesis GaboronensisLocationCountry BotswanaEcclesiastical provincePretoriaStatisticsArea178 301 km2 68 842 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2006 1 003 64563 926 6 4 Parishes22InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished24 April 1959 1959 April 24 CathedralChrist the King CathedralPatron saintOur Lady of SorrowsSecular priests36Current leadershipPopeFrancisBishopFranklyn Atese Nabuasah SVD Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Leadership 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit24 April 1959 Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bechuanaland from the Diocese of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe Diocese of Kimberley in South Africa and Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek in Namibia 5 August 1966 Promoted as Diocese of Gaberones 7 April 1970 Renamed as Diocese of GaboroneSpecial churches editThe cathedral is Christ the King Cathedral in Gaborone Leadership editPrefect Apostolic of BechuanalandUrban Charles Joseph Murphy C P 24 April 1959 5 August 1966 Bishops of Gaberone s Urban Charles Joseph Murphy C P 5 August 1966 28 February 1981 Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi 30 November 1981 5 February 2009 Valentine Tsamma Seane 5 February 2009 9 August 2017 1 Franklyn Atese Nubuasah S V D 6 June 2019 present Given the personal title of archbishop on 5 July 2021 2 See also editRoman Catholicism in BotswanaReferences edit Rinunce e nomine press vatican va in Italian Holy See Press Office 9 August 2017 Retrieved 9 August 2017 Rinunce e Nomine 05 07 2021 Press release in Italian Holy See Press Office 5 July 2021 Retrieved 5 July 2021 External links editGCatholic org self published Catholic Hierarchy self published 24 39 27 S 25 55 07 E 24 65750 S 25 91861 E 24 65750 25 91861 nbsp This Botswana related article 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 Gaborone amp oldid 1173064047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
