Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop

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Diocese of Keetmanshoop
Dioecesis Keetmanshoopensis
Statistics
Country: Namibia
Metropolitan: Windhoek
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 264,110 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
137,675 (2004)
38,356 (27.9%)
Cathedral: St Stanislaus Cathedral
Ordinaries
Bishop: Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop {Latin: Keetmanshoopen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Keetmanshoop in the Ecclesiastical province of Windhoek in Namibia.

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[edit] History

  • July 7, 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand from the Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River in South Africa
  • July 14, 1930: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand
  • January 13, 1949: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Keetmanshoop
  • March 14, 1994: Promoted as Diocese of Keetmanshoop

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Keetmanshoop (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I. (since 2007.05.31)
    • Bishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (1994.03.14 – 2002.11.23)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (1993.05.28 – 1994.03.14)
    • Bishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. (1956.03.24 – 1989.10.02)
    • Bishop Francis Esser, O.S.F.S. (1949.01.13 – 1956)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Giacomo Eich, O.S.F.S. (1942.11.10 – 1947.02.04)
    • Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. (1931.02.24 – 1942)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Roman rite)
    • Fr. Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S. (1923.03.16 – 1930)
    • Fr. Stanislao von Krolikowski, O.S.F.S. (1910 – 1923)

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