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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop ( la, Keetmanshoopen(sis)) is a suffragan
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in the
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of the Metropolitan of
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, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its
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episcopal see is St. Stanislaus Cathedral, in the city of Keetmanshoop.


Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 42,570 Catholics (23.6% of 180,000 total population) on 264,110 km² in 11 parishes and 32 missions with 16 priests (3 diocesan, 13 religious), 13 deacons, 65 lay religious (17 brothers, 48 sisters) and 2 seminarists.


History

* July 7, 1909: Established as
Apostolic Prefecture An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...
of Great Namaqualand, on territory split off from the then
Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River The Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Fluminis Orangensis) was a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction located in part of South Africa. History The Apostolic vicariate was erected as such in 1897 after having been ...
in
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* Promoted on July 14, 1930 as Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand * January 13, 1949: Renamed after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Keetmanshoop * Promoted on March 14, 1994 as Diocese of Keetmanshoop


Bishops

(all Roman rite, so far members of a missionary congregation) ;''Apostolic Prefects of Great Namaqualand'' * Fr.
Stanislaus von Krolikowski Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...
, O.S.F.S. (1910 – death 1923.01.21) * Fr. Mattias Eder, O.S.F.S. (1923.03.16 – death 1930) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Great Namaqualand'' * Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. (1931.02.24 – retired 1942),
Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
of
Drusiliana Drusiliana was a ''civitas'' (town) of Roman North Africa. Bingham called it a city of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. An inscription of Constantine the Great was found in the city ruins and it appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana The ...
(1931.02.24 – death 1960.03.21) *
John Francis Eich John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...
, O.S.F.S. (1942.11.10 – death 1947.02.04), Titular Bishop of
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(1942.04.21 – 1947.02.04), succeeded as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (1942.04.21 – 1942.11.10) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Keetmanshoop'' *
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, O.S.F.S. (1949.01.13 – 1956), Titular Bishop of Claneus (1949.01.13 – 1962.09.12), next
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of
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(
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) (1956 – 1962.09.12), succeeding as Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa) (1962.09.12 – death 1966.12.08) *
Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...
, O.S.F.S. (1956.03.24 – retired 1989.10.02), Titular Bishop of
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(1956.03.24 – death 1994.12.09) **''
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Father Ludger G. Holling, O.S.F.S. (1989 – 1993.05.28), no other prelature * Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (1993.05.28 – 1994.03.14 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of
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(1993.05.28 – 1994.03.14) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Keetmanshoop'' * Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (''see above'' 1994.03.14 – death 2002.11.23) * Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I. (2007.05.31 – retired 2017.07.21) * Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S. (2018.02.07 – ...); no previous prelature.


Coadjutor Bishop

*
John Francis Eich John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...
, O.S.F.S. (1942)


See also

* List of Catholic dioceses in Namibia *
Roman Catholicism in Namibia The Catholic Church in Namibia is part of the Catholic Church under the universal, direct jurisdiction of the supreme Vicar of Christ, the Bishop of Rome and the Catholic world, the Pope. As of 2004, there were 246,000 Catholics in Namibia, about ...


Sources and External links


GCatholic.org




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