Roman Catholic Diocese of Kroonstad

Diocese of Kroonstad Dioecesis Kroonstadensis
Location
Country	South Africa
Metropolitan	Bloemfontein
Statistics
Area	30,248 km2 (11,679 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 940,153 86,512 (9.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Holiday

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kroonstad (Latin: Kroonstaden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kroonstad in the Ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa. The present ordinary is Bishop Peter Holiday.

History

• 26 November 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kroonstad from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa
• 8 April 1935: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kroonstad
• 11 January 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Kroonstad

Special churches

The Cathedral is the St. Patrick's Cathedral in Kroonstad. St.Paul's parish in Rammolutsi.

Leadership

• Prefects Apostolic of Kroonstad (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp. (1923 – 1924)
  • Fr. Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. (1924.03.24 – 1935.04.08 see below)
• Vicars Apostolic of Kroonstad (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. (see above 1935.04.08 – 1948.02.12), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem
  • Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P. (1950.05.31 – 1951.01.11 see below)
• Bishops of Kroonstad (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P. (see above 1951.01.11 – 1975.11.15)
  • Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. (1977.04.15 – 2003.07.02)
  • Bishop Stephen Brislin (2006.10.17 – 2009.12.18), appointed Archbishop of Cape Town
  • Bishop Peter Holiday (since 2011.04.01)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in South Africa

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy