Special churches
Archdiocese of Windhoek Archidioecesis Vindhoekensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Namibia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 560,158 km2 (216,278 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2023) 3,022,000 363000 (12%%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek (Latin : Vindhoeken(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Windhoek in Namibia. The predecessor to the current Archdiocese, the Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia, was established in 1892 and the current archdiocese was fully erected in March 1994. The current archbishop is Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda.
The Catholic Church in Namibia is part of the Catholic Church under the universal, direct jurisdiction of the supreme Vicar of Christ, the Bishop of Rome and the Catholic world, the Pope.
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