Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop
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Diocese of Keetmanshoop Dioecesis Keetmanshoopensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Metropolitan | Windhoek |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 264,110 km2 (101,970 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 137,675 38,356 (27.9%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | St Stanislaus Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S |
| Bishops emeritus | Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I. |
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 km² 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
- July 7, 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River in South Africa
- Promoted on July 14, 1930 as Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand
- January 13, 1949: Renamed after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Keetmanshoop
- Promoted on March 14, 1994 as Diocese of Keetmanshoop
Bishops
(all Roman rite, so far members of a missionary congregation)
- Apostolic Prefects of Great Namaqualand
- Father Stanislao von Krolikowski, Oblates of Saint Francis of Sales (O.S.F.S.) (born Europe?) (1910 – death 1923)
- Fr. Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S. (born Europe?) (1923.03.16 – death 1930)
- Apostolic Vicars of Great Namaqualand
- Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. (born Europe?) (1931.02.24 – retired 1942), Titular Bishop of Drusiliana (1931.02.24 – death 1960.03.21)
- Giacomo Eich, O.S.F.S. (born Europe?) (1942.11.10 – death 1947.02.04), Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Ægypto (1942.04.21 – 1947.02.04), succeeded as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (1942.04.21 – 1942.11.10)
- Apostolic Vicars of Keetmanshoop
- Francis Esser, O.S.F.S. (born Germany) (1949.01.13 – 1956), Titular Bishop of Claneus (1949.01.13 – 1962.09.12), next Coadjutor Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa) (1956 – 1962.09.12), succeeding as Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa) (1962.09.12 – death 1966.12.08)
- Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. (born USA) (1956.03.24 – retired 1989.10.02), Titular Bishop of Balanea (1956.03.24 – death 1994.12.09)
- Apostolic Administrator Father Ludger G. Holling, O.S.F.S. (born Europe?) (1989 – 1993.05.28), no other prelature
- Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (born Italy) (1993.05.28 – 1994.03.14 see below), Titular Bishop of Numana (1993.05.28 – 1994.03.14)
- Suffragan Bishops of Keetmanshoop
- Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (see above 1994.03.14 – death 2002.11.23)
- Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I. (born Austria) (2007.05.31 – retired 2017.07.21)
- Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S. (first native incumbent) (2018.02.07 – ...); no previous prelature.
Coadjutor Bishop
- John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. (1942)
See also
Sources and External links
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