Archdiocese of Windhoek

Archdiocese of Windhoek

The Archdiocese of Windhoek is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Windhoek, Namibia. The predecessor to the current Archdiocese, the Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia, was established in 1892 and the current archdiocese was fully erected in March 1994.The current Archbishop is Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda.

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