Diocese of Kroonstad
The Diocese of Kroonstad is a Latin Catholic diocese located in the city of Kroonstad in the ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa. The last ordinary was Bishop Peter Holiday whose resignation for health reasons was accepted on 12 December 2022.
History
- 26 November 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kroonstad from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa
- 8 April 1935: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kroonstad
- 11 January 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Kroonstad
Leadership
- Prefects Apostolic of Kroonstad
- * Fr. Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp.
- * Fr. Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp.
- Vicars Apostolic of Kroonstad
- * Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp., appointed Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem
- * Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P.
- Bishops of Kroonstad
- * Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P.
- * Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P.
- * Bishop Stephen Brislin, appointed Archbishop of Cape Town
- * Bishop Peter Holiday