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Diocese of Umzimkulu

Dioecesis Umzimkulensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 21 February 1954
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Durban
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: South Africa
  • Square Kilometers: 15,275 (5,899 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://umzimkulu.org/
  • Mailing Address: 19 Ballance Street, P.O. Box 332, Harding 4680, South Africa
  • Telephone: (039)443.14.21
  • Fax: (086)513.62.80

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
21 February 1954ErectedDiocese of Mariannhill (Uinzimkulu and Alfred and Underberg, Polela, and Port Shepstone (parts south of the river Umzimkulu)) Diocese of Umzimkulu (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196950,149192,47826.1%1412261,9282310813ap1971
197350,300133,40037.7%138212,3953713ap1981
199075,747214,00035.4%78155,04992815ap1991
1999132,0001,540,2008.6%391211,000103215ap2000
2000122,610945,89013.0%371012,26183715ap2001
2001130,820993,18513.2%78158,72183714ap2002
2002130,8201,890,0006.9%99187,26793715ap2003
2003141,0141,890,0007.5%710178,294113715ap2004
2004141,3631,894,6807.5%78159,42493215ap2005
2010156,0002,097,0007.4%613198,210142314ap2011
2014162,2002,180,0007.4%710179,541122115ap2015
2017171,2302,291,3507.5%491313,171142115ap2018
2020179,0002,395,5007.5%911208,950142015ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 465, to Page 467

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