Diocese of Mthatha, South Africa 🇿🇦 (original) (raw)
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History
- 1930.03.30: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Umtata / Umtatan(us) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Mariannhill)
- 1937.04.13: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Umtata / Umtatan(us) (Latin)
- 1951.01.11: Promoted as Diocese of Mthatha / Umtata / Umtatan(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Durban)
- 1952.02.07: Lost territory to Diocese of Queenstown
Contact Info
Address: Bishop’s House, 19 Craister Street, PO Box 85, Mthatha 5100, South Africa
Phone: (047) 532 6301
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2008.02.08 – ...): |  Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka (64) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Mthatha (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka (64) (2008.02.08 – ...)Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)To care and to work |
| Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer (1997.04.21 – 2008.02.08)Ego sum vobiscumBorn:1930.02.28 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1955.06.29Consecrated Bishop:1997.06.28Died:2011.03.05 († 81)Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa) (1997.04.21 – 2008.02.08)Apostolic Administrator of Aliwal (South Africa) (2004.04.29 – 2007.12.19) |
 Bishop Fritz Lobinger (95) (Apostolic Administrator 1995 – 1997.04.21) |
| Bishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook (1979.02.12 – 1995.01.07)Born:1929.11.22 (South Africa)Ordained Priest:1957.12.08Consecrated Bishop:1979.05.05Died:2011.09.05 († 81)Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa) (1979.02.12 – 1995.01.07) |
| Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. (later Archbishop) (1975.07.10 – 1978.04.27)Dominus incrementum dat |
| Bishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. (later Archbishop) (1968.09.26 – 1974.05.09) |
| Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. (1951.01.11 – 1968.09.26)Born:1896.12.04Ordained Priest:1927.06.29Consecrated Bishop:1941.05.22Died:1976.03.02 († 79)Titular Bishop of Badiæ (1941.04.03 – 1951.01.11)Vicar Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa) (1941.04.03 – 1951.01.11)Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1968.09.26)Titular Bishop of Ammoniace (1968.09.26 – 1971.03.03) |
| Vicars Apostolic of Umtata (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. (1941.04.03 – 1951.01.11)(see above) |
| Bishop Emanuele Hanisch, C.M.M. (1937.04.13 – 1940.02.28)Born:1882.01.04Ordained Priest:1908.07.04Consecrated Bishop:1937.06.29Died:1940.02.28 († 58)Prefect Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa) (1930.10.28 – 1937.04.13)Titular Bishop of Gor (1937.04.13 – 1940.02.28)Vicar Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa) (1937.04.13 – 1940.02.28) |
| Prefects Apostolic of Umtata (Roman Rite) |
| Fr. Emanuele Hanisch, C.M.M. (later Bishop) (1930.10.28 – 1937.04.13)(see above) |
| Fr. Luigi Mohn, F.S.C.I. (1926.12.10 – 1930)Prefect Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa) (1926.12.10 – 1930) |
| Fr. Daniele Kauczor, F.S.C.I. (1923 – 1926) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 23,400 km²
Population: 36,969 Catholics (1.5% of 2,471,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 107 missions
Personnel: 21 priests (10 diocesan, 11 religious), 74 religious (13 brothers, 61 sisters)