Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown

Diocese of Queenstown Dioecesis Civitatis Reginae seu Queenstovensis
Location
Country	South Africa
Metropolitan	Cape Town
Statistics
Area	25,000 km2 (9,700 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,110,000 56,000 (2.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Dabula Mpako

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown (Latin: Queenstovnen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Queenstown in the Ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.

History

• 1928: 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 Queenstown

Special churches

• The cathedral is Cathedral of Christ the King in Queenstown.

Bishops

• Prefect 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

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Sithembele Anton Sipuka, appointed Bishop of Umtata in 2008

See also

• Roman Catholicism in South Africa

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy