Special churches
Archdiocese of Windhoek Archidioecesis Vindhoekensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Namibia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 560,158 km2 (216,278 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,800,000 246,654 (13.7%) |
| 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.
Cimbebasia was the name given for a long time to the western part of Southern Africa. Its borders in the north were the Kunene River, the lower Kasai River and the western reaches of the Zambezi River.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Garoua is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Garoua in Cameroon.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Klerksdorp is a diocese located in the city of Klerksdorp in the ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop is a suffragan diocese in the Latin Rite Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Windhoek in Namibia, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate in Namibia. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary's in the city of Rundu.
Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. is a Namibian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Bonifatius Haushiku or Hausiku was a Namibian Roman Catholic religious leader.
Joseph Gotthardt was a Catholic missionary and later Bishop and Archbishop in South-West Africa. He was the first to set up missions in the Kavango Region and in Ovamboland, became the first Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek.
Dalisandus or Dalisandos was an ancient city and bishopric in eastern Pamphylia, in Asia Minor and remains a Latin titular see.
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