Diocese of Gaborone Dioecesis Gaboronensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Botswana |
Ecclesiastical province | Pretoria |
Statistics | |
Area | 178,301 km2 (68,842 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 1,003,645 63,926 (6.4%) |
Parishes | 22 |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 24 April 1959 |
Cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Sorrows |
Secular priests | 36 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Franklyn Atese Nabuasah, SVD |
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