Diocese of Kroonstad, South Africa 🇿🇦 (original) (raw)

1923.11.26: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kroonstad / Kroonstaden(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa)
1935.04.08: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kroonstad / Kroonstaden(sis) (Latin)
1948.02.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Bethlehem
1951.01.11: Promoted as Diocese of Kroonstad / Kroonstaden(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Bloemfontein)

Address: Bishop’s House, The Peak, PO Box 129, Kroonstad 9500, South Africa

Phone: (056) 212 6639

Area: 30,288 km²

Population: 48,487 Catholics (5.2% of 938,011 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 missions

Personnel: 25 priests (15 diocesan, 10 religious), 6 deacons, 16 religious (10 brothers, 6 sisters), 5 seminarians