Diocese of Witbank
The Diocese of Witbank is a Latin Catholic diocese located in the city of Witbank in the ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg in South Africa.
History
- June 12, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lydenburg from the Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal
- December 9, 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lydenburg
- January 11, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Lydenburg
- September 13, 1964: Renamed as Diocese of Lydenburg – Witbank
- November 10, 1987: Renamed as Diocese of Witbank
Bishops
- Prefect Apostolic of Lydenburg
- * Fr. Giovanni Riegler, M.C.C.I.
- Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg
- * Bishop Giovanni Riegler, M.C.C.I.
- Bishops of Lydenburg
- * Bishop Giovanni Riegler, M.C.C.I.
- * Bishop Anthony Reiterer, M.C.C.I.
- Bishops of Lydenburg – Witbank
- * Bishop Anthony Reiterer, M.C.C.I.
- * Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe
- Bishops of Witbank
- * Bishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe, appointed Bishop of Pietersburg
- * Bishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M., appointed Archbishop of Pretoria
- * Bishop Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.J.
- * Bishop Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo
Auxiliary Bishop
- Mogale Paul Nkhumishe, appointed Bishop here
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- João Noé Rodrigues, appointed Bishop of Tzaneen in 2010