The Diocese of Manzini ( la, Manzinien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in

Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

. It is a

suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ...

in the ecclesiastical province of the

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Johannesburg in South Africa. Its

episcopal see An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...

is located in the city of Manzini.

History

* April 19, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Swaziland from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Natal The Vicariate Apostolic of Natal ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Natalensis) was a Roman Catholic missionary, quasi-diocesan jurisdiction in South Africa. Antecedents The history of the Catholic Church in South Africa goes back to 1660, when a Frenc ...

in South Africa * March 15, 1939: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Swaziland * January 11, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Bremersdorp * November 7, 1961: Renamed as Diocese of Manzini

Leadership

Prefects Apostolic of Swaziland

*Fr.

Pellegrino Bellezze Pellegrino Bellezze (born 10 Jan 1884 in São José dos Campos) was a Brazilian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini The Diocese of Manzini ( la, Manzinien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of ...

, OSM (15 March 1923 – 1932) *Fr.

Romualdo Migliorini Romualdo Migliorini (born 21 Jun 1884 in Volegno) was an Italian clergyman and bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops ar ...

, OSM (8 July 1933 – 1939)

Vicar Apostolic of Swaziland

Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi (born 24 Jun 1892 in Foiano della Chiana) was an Italian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini The Diocese of Manzini ( la, Manzinien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory o ...

, OSM (15 March 1939 – 11 January 1951 ''see below'')

Bishop of Bremersdorp

, OSM (''see above'' 11 January 1951 – 7 November 1961 ''see below'')

Bishops of Manzini

, OSM (''see above'' 7 November 1961 – 21 May 1965) *

Girolamo Maria Casalini Girolamo Maria Casalini (born 17 Dec 1915 in Siena) was an Italian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini The Diocese of Manzini ( la, Manzinien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic ...

, OSM (18 December 1965 – 24 January 1976) *

Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane (born 6 May 1932 in Msunduze) was an Liswati clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini The Diocese of Manzini ( la, Manzinien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of ...

(24 January 1976 – 10 August 1980) *

Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu (March 15, 1945 – August 27, 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini, Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; offi ...

, OSM (1 July 1985 – 27 August 2012) * José Luís Ponce de León, IMC (29 November 2013 – present)

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Eswatini Christian organizations established in 1923 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Manzini, Eswatini Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Johannesburg {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub