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Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg | |||
12 June 1923 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of Transvaal (Eastern Transvaal (Mpumalanga)) | Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg (erected) (Lydenburg, Barbeton, Carolina, Middelburg, Béthal, Ermelo, Piet Retief, WaMerstroom, and Standerton) |
13 July 1938 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe (Tongaland)
Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg (Piet Retief) | Prefecture Apostolic of Swaziland |
Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg | |||
9 December 1948 | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg | Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg |
Diocese of Lydenburg | |||
11 January 1951 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg | Diocese of Lydenburg |
23 June 1958 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bremersdorp (Piet Retief)
Archdiocese of Durban (Newcastle, Utrecht, Dundee, Klip Eivier, Helpmekaar, and parts of Msinga, Weenan, and Bergville north of Tugela river) Diocese of Lydenburg (Ermelo, Bethal, Standerton, Volksrust, Amersfoort, and Wakkerstroom) | Prefecture Apostolic of Volksrust (erected) |
Diocese of Lydenburg-Witbank | |||
13 September 1964 | Name Changed | Diocese of Lydenburg | Diocese of Lydenburg-Witbank |
Diocese of Witbank | |||
10 November 1987 | Name Changed | Diocese of Lydenburg-Witbank | Diocese of Witbank |
5 June 2007 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Witbank (from Pretoria) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg | ||||||||||||
1950 | 7,650 | 795,000 | 1.0% | 30 | 30 | 255 | 18 | 61 | 14 | ap1951 | ||
Diocese of Lydenburg | ||||||||||||
Diocese of Lydenburg-Witbank | ||||||||||||
1970 | 30,500 | 1,060,000 | 2.9% | 6 | 39 | 45 | 677 | 60 | 95 | 22 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 77,000 | 1,310,000 | 5.9% | 6 | 30 | 36 | 2,138 | 49 | 95 | 20 | ap1981 | |
Diocese of Witbank | ||||||||||||
1990 | 156,500 | 2,300,000 | 6.8% | 7 | 20 | 27 | 5,796 | 10 | 28 | 90 | 20 | ap1991 |
1999 | 105,000 | 2,585,000 | 4.1% | 11 | 26 | 37 | 2,837 | 9 | 31 | 63 | 20 | ap2000 |
2000 | 105,000 | 2,642,000 | 4.0% | 12 | 24 | 36 | 2,916 | 8 | 27 | 62 | 20 | ap2001 |
2001 | 105,000 | 2,461,000 | 4.3% | 14 | 24 | 38 | 2,763 | 8 | 27 | 62 | 20 | ap2002 |
2002 | 105,000 | 2,461,000 | 4.3% | 13 | 24 | 37 | 2,837 | 8 | 27 | 61 | 20 | ap2003 |
2003 | 105,000 | 2,461,000 | 4.3% | 13 | 22 | 35 | 3,000 | 7 | 24 | 61 | 20 | ap2004 |
2004 | 103,278 | 2,528,000 | 4.1% | 16 | 25 | 41 | 2,518 | 8 | 26 | 62 | 20 | ap2005 |
2010 | 106,900 | 2,674,000 | 4.0% | 17 | 17 | 34 | 3,144 | 5 | 17 | 52 | 22 | ap2011 |
2014 | 111,500 | 2,783,000 | 4.0% | 17 | 15 | 32 | 3,484 | 4 | 17 | 59 | 22 | ap2015 |
2017 | 117,700 | 2,938,780 | 4.0% | 18 | 18 | 36 | 3,269 | 14 | 22 | 58 | 23 | ap2018 |
2020 | 122,540 | 3,061,000 | 4.0% | 26 | 10 | 36 | 3,403 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 23 | ap2021 |
2022 | 126,000 | 3,147,000 | 4.0% | 17 | 14 | 31 | 4,064 | 14 | 16 | 46 | 23 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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