Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name=Keetmanshoop
latin= Dioecesis Keetmanshoopensis
country= Namibia
metropolitan=Windhoek
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = St Stanislaus Cathedral
cocathedral =
area= 264,110
population= 137,675
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 38,356
catholics_percent= 27.9
bishop=Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop {Latin: "Keetmanshoopen(sis)"} is a diocese located in the city of Keetmanshoop in the Ecclesiastical province of Windhoek in Namibia.

History

* July 7, 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand from the Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River in South Africa
* July 14, 1930: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Great Namaqualand
* January 13, 1949: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Keetmanshoop
* March 14, 1994: Promoted as Diocese of Keetmanshoop

Leadership

* Bishops of Keetmanshoop (Roman rite)
** Bishop Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I. (since 2007.05.31)
** Bishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (1994.03.14 – 2002.11.23)
* Vicars Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Roman rite)
** Bishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. (1993.05.28 – 1994.03.14)
** Bishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. (1956.03.24 – 1989.10.02)
** Bishop Francis Esser, O.S.F.S. (1949.01.13 – 1956)
* Vicars Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Roman rite)
** Bishop Giacomo Eich, O.S.F.S. (1942.11.10 – 1947.02.04)
** Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. (1931.02.24 – 1942)
* Prefects Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Roman rite)
** Fr. Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S. (1923.03.16 – 1930)
** Fr. Stanislao von Krolikowski, O.S.F.S. (1910 – 1923)

ee also

*Roman Catholicism in Namibia

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/keet0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dktmn.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.rcchurch.na/keetmanshoop/admin.htm Diocese of Keetmanshoop website]