Christ the King Cathedral is a
Roman Catholic
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church in
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
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,
Botswana
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. It is the
mother church
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of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone ( la, Dioecesis Gaboronensis) is a diocese located in the city of Gaborone, Botswana, in the Ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa. The motto of the diocese is ', which means "God is love."
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. The current bishop is
Valentine Tsamma Seane
Valentine Tsamma Seane (born 2 November 1966) is the former bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone at the Christ the King Cathedral in Gaborone, Botswana. He is the second Motswana to be a bishop in Botswana.
Biography
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.
History
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
visited the cathedral on 13 September 1988.
Mass schedule
Mass is held Monday through Friday at 6:45 am and 5:00 pm. Saturday Mass in at 8:00 am in English, and Sunday Mass is held three times: 7:30 am in English, 10:00 am in
Setswana
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, and 5:00 pm in English.
See also
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone ( la, Dioecesis Gaboronensis) is a diocese located in the city of Gaborone, Botswana, in the Ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa. The motto of the diocese is ', which means "God is love."
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Roman Catholicism in Botswana
The Catholic Church in Botswana is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in the Vatican City. Catholics represent about 5-6% of the total population.
History
Initially Catholic missionaries were not allo ...
References
External links
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Christ the King Cathedral at GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone
Buildings and structures in Gaborone
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Botswana
Roman Catholic churches in Botswana
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1968
1968 establishments in Botswana
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
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