{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Catholic hierarchy of South Africa is entirely Latin, composed of five

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...

s, each under a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of 20 suffragan South African dioceses and an exempt pre-diocesan apostolic vicariate, as well as three suffragans (two dioceses, one apostolic vicariate) from below-mentioned neighbor states (fellow former British colonies).

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...

has only one diocese and one apostolic vicariate, both suffragan of the South African Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria.
Swaziland only has a single diocese, suffragan of the South African Metropolitan of Johannesburg.
Neither of those warranting a nation

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, their tiny episcopates partakes in the transnational ''Episcopal Conference of South rnAfrica'', despite its one-nation name. None of them has an Eastern Catholic jurisdiction, only South Africa has an exempt

Military ordinariate A military ordinariate is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, of the Latin or an Eastern church, responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics serving in the armed forces of a nation. Until 1986, they were called "military ...

. There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current Latin successor sees. There also is an Apostolic Nunciature to South Africa as papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level in the national capital

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...

. There formally are an Apostolic Nunciature to Botswana and an Apostolic Nunciature to Swaziland, but both are vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to South Africa (as are the Apostolic Nunciature to

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 ...

and to the kingdom of Lesotho, which have their own Episcopal conferences).

Current Latin dioceses

Exempt (South Africa only)

Military Ordinariate of the South African Defence Force The Military Ordinariate of the South African (National) Defence Force (or of South Africa) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church to provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the South African National Defence Force and ...

, vested in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of national capital Pretoria * Apostolic Vicariate of Ingwavuma (pre-diocesan)

Latin provinces (including Botswana and Swaziland)

Ecclesiastical Province of Bloemfontein

(South Africa only) * Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Bloemfontein The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein ( la, Bloemfonteinen(sis)) is the Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan Episcopal See, See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa. History * 1951.01.11: Established as Metropol ...

** Diocese of Bethlehem **

Diocese of Keimoes-Upington In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

** Diocese of Kimberley ** Diocese of Kroonstad

Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Town

(South Africa only) * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Aliwal ** Roman Catholic Diocese of De Aar ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Oudtshoorn ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Elizabeth ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown

Ecclesiastical Province of Durban

(South Africa only) * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban ** Diocese of Dundee ** Diocese of Eshowe **

Diocese of Kokstad The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kokstad ( la, Kokstaden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kokstad in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durban, Durban in South Africa. History * April 8, 1935: Established as Apos ...

** Diocese of Mariannhill ** Diocese of Umtata ** Diocese of Umzimkulu ** Apostolic Vicariate of Ingwavuma

Ecclesiastical Province of Johannesburg

''including all Swaziland'' * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Klerksdorp The Roman Catholic Diocese of Klerksdorp ( la, Dioecesis Klerkpolitana) is a diocese located in the city of Klerksdorp in the Ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg in South Africa. The second bishop of Klerksdorp was His Lordship, the Right ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini The Diocese of Manzini ( la, Manzinien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Eswatini. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Johannesburg in South Africa. Its ...

, covering all and only Swaziland'' ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Witbank

Ecclesiastical Province of Pretoria

''including all

'' * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria **'' Roman Catholic Diocese of Francistown in

'' **'' Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone in

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Pietersburg The Roman Catholic Diocese of Polokwane ( la, Polokwanen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Polokwane in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria, Pretoria in South Africa. History * December 22, 1910: Establ ...

** Roman Catholic Diocese of Rustenburg ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Tzaneen

Sources and external links

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