The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek ( la, Vindhoeken(sis)) is the

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for the

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Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. The predecessor to the current Archdiocese, the

Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia The Archdiocese of Huambo ( la, Archidioecesis Huambensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola. The cathedral see of the archbishop is the Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady (Sé Catedra ...

, was established in 1892 and the current archdiocese was fully erected in March 1994. The current archbishop is

Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. (born 4 April 1959 in Oshikuku, Omusati Region) is a Namibian Roman Catholic archbishop. He was ordained a priest on June 25, 1988. On November 5, 1998, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Windhoek, and was ...

History

* August 1, 1892: Established as

Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Cimbebasia 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. ''Cimbebasia'' was also a journal published by ...

from the Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia in

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* January 10, 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia * May 11, 1926: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek * March 14, 1994: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Windhoek

Special churches

* The

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is St. Mary's Cathedral in Windhoek.

Bishops

* Prefect Apostolic of Lower Cimbebasia (Roman rite) ** Fr. Bernard Pierre Herrmann, O.M.I. (1892 – 1901) ** Fr. Augustine Nachtwey, O.M.I. (1901.12 – 1908) ** Fr. Joseph Schemmer, O.M.I. (1908.11.24 – 1909.12.17) ** Fr.

Eugène Klaeylé Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". * Vicars Apostolic of Windhoek (Roman rite) ** Bishop

Joseph Gotthardt Joseph Gotthardt (16 December 1880 – 3 August 1963) was a Catholic missionary and later Bishop and Archbishop in South-West Africa (today Namibia). He was the first to set up missions in the Kavango Region and in Ovamboland, became the first V ...

, O.M.I. (1926.05.11 – 1961.03.20); ''see above'' **

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Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. (1961.03.20 – 1980.11.29) ** Bishop

Bonifatius Haushiku Bonifatius Haushiku or Hausiku (25 May 1932 – 12 June 2002) was a Namibian Roman Catholic religious leader. Early years Haushiku was born in Sambiu on 25 May 1932. He attended St. Josef's Teacher Training College in Döbra and St. Teresa's ...

, I.C.P. (1980.11.29 – 1994.03.14): ''see below'' *

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s of Windhoek (Roman rite) ** Archbishop

, I.C.P. (1994.03.14 – 2002.06.12); ''see above'' ** Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. (since 2004.09.21)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

* Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. (1957-1961)

Auxiliary Bishops

, O.M.I. (1998-2004), appointed Archbishop here *

, I.C.P. (1978-1980), appointed Vicar Apostolic here

Suffragan dioceses

Keetmanshoop Keetmanshoop is a city in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and benefactor of the city. History Befo ...

Rundu Rundu is the capital and largest city of the Kavango-East Region in northern Namibia. It lies on the border with Angola on the banks of the Kavango River about above sea level. Rundu's population is growing rapidly. The 2001 census counted 36,9 ...

References

GCatholic.org

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