Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown

For the diocese in Ireland, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown (Latin: Queenstovnen(sis)) is a diocese located in the town of Queenstown in the ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.

Diocese of Queenstown Dioecesis Civitatis Reginae seu Queenstovensis
Location
Country	South Africa
Metropolitan	Cape Town
Statistics
Area	25,000 km2 (9,700 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,110,000 56,000 (2.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Paul Siphiwo Vanqa

History

• 1928: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Queenstown from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District
• March 29, 1938: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Queenstown
• April 9, 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Queenstown
• January 11, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Queenstown

Special churches

• The cathedral is Cathedral of Christ the King in Queenstown.

Bishops

• Prefect Apostolic of Queenstown
  • Fr. John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. (1940.02.09 – 1948.04.09 see below)
• Vicar Apostolic of Queenstown
  • Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. (see above 1948.04.09 – 1951.01.11 see below)
• Bishops of Queenstown
  • Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. (see above 1951.01.11 – 1972.02.03)
  • Bishop John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. (1972.02.03 – 1984.02.03)
  • Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. (1984.02.03 – 2009.11.16)
  • Bishop Dabula Mpako (2011.05.23 – 2019.04.30), appointed Archbishop of Pretoria and Bishop of South Africa, Military
  • Bishop Paul Siphiwo Vanqa, S.A.C. (2021.03.03 – ...)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Sithembele Anton Sipuka, appointed Bishop of Umtata in 2008

See also

• Roman Catholicism in South Africa

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy