roman, catholic, diocese, witbank, latin, vitbanken, diocese, located, city, witbank, ecclesiastical, province, johannesburg, south, africa, diocese, witbankdioecesis, vitbankensislocationcountrysouth, africametropolitanjohannesburgstatisticsarea56, population. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Witbank Latin Vitbanken sis is a diocese located in the city of Witbank in the ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg in South Africa Diocese of WitbankDioecesis VitbankensisLocationCountrySouth AfricaMetropolitanJohannesburgStatisticsArea56 886 km2 21 964 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 2 528 000103 278 4 1 InformationRiteLatin RiteCathedralChrist the King CathedralCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopXolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo Contents 1 History 2 Bishops 2 1 Auxiliary Bishop 2 2 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop 3 See also 4 SourcesHistory EditJune 12 1923 Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lydenburg from the Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal December 9 1948 Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lydenburg January 11 1951 Promoted as Diocese of Lydenburg September 13 1964 Renamed as Diocese of Lydenburg Witbank November 10 1987 Renamed as Diocese of WitbankBishops EditPrefect Apostolic of Lydenburg Roman rite Fr Giovanni Riegler M C C I 1939 06 30 1948 12 09 see below Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg Roman rite Bishop Giovanni Riegler M C C I see above 1948 12 09 1951 01 11 see below Bishops of Lydenburg Roman rite Bishop Giovanni Riegler M C C I see above 1951 01 11 1955 10 06 Bishop Anthony Reiterer M C C I 1956 02 29 1964 09 13 see below Bishops of Lydenburg Witbank Roman rite Bishop Anthony Reiterer M C C I see above 1964 09 13 1983 02 25 Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe 1984 01 09 1987 11 10 see below Bishops of Witbank Roman rite Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe see above 1987 11 10 2000 02 17 appointed Bishop of Pietersburg Bishop Paul Mandla Khumalo C M M 2001 10 02 2008 11 24 appointed Archishop of Pretoria Bishop Giuseppe Sandri M C C J 2009 11 05 2019 05 30 Bishop Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo since 2020 11 25 Auxiliary Bishop Edit Mogale Paul Nkhumishe 1981 1984 appointed Bishop hereOther priest of this diocese who became bishop Edit Joao Noe Rodrigues appointed Bishop of Tzaneen in 2010See also EditRoman Catholicism in South AfricaSources EditGCatholic org Catholic Hierarchy33 35 00 S 22 12 00 E 33 5833 S 22 2000 E 33 5833 22 2000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Witbank amp oldid 1173062083, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
