The Diocese of Manzini () is a
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
Eswatini. It is a
suffragan diocese in the
ecclesiastical province of the
metropolitan Johannesburg
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in
South Africa
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. Its
episcopal see is located in the city of
Manzini.
History
* April 19, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Swaziland from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Natal in
South Africa
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* March 15, 1939: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Swaziland
* January 11, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Bremersdorp
* November 7, 1961: Renamed as Diocese of Manzini
Leadership
Prefects Apostolic of Swaziland
*Fr.
Pellegrino Bellezze,
OSM (15 March 1923 – 1932)
*Fr.
Romualdo Migliorini,
OSM (8 July 1933 – 1939)
Vicar Apostolic of Swaziland
*
Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi,
OSM (15 March 1939 – 11 January 1951 ''see below'')
Bishop of Bremersdorp
*
Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi,
OSM (''see above'' 11 January 1951 – 7 November 1961 ''see below'')
Bishops of Manzini
*
Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi,
OSM (''see above'' 7 November 1961 – 21 May 1965)
*
Girolamo Maria Casalini,
OSM (18 December 1965 – 24 January 1976)
*
Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane (24 January 1976 – 10 August 1980)
*
Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu,
OSM (1 July 1985 – 27 August 2012)
*
José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, IMC (29 November 2013 – present)
See also
*
Catholic Church in South Africa
*
Catholic Church in Eswatini
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Eswatini
Christian organizations established in 1923
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Manzini, Eswatini
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Johannesburg
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