Diocese of Queenstown
The Diocese of Queenstown is a Latin Catholic diocese located in the town of Queenstown in the ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.
History
- 1928: Established as the Mission “sui iuris” of Queenstown from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District
- March 29, 1938: Promoted as the Apostolic Prefecture of Queenstown
- April 9, 1948: Promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Queenstown
- January 11, 1951: Promoted as the Diocese of Queenstown
Special churches
- The cathedral is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Queenstown.
Bishops
- Prefect Apostolic of Queenstown
- * Fr. John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C.
- Vicar Apostolic of Queenstown
- * Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C.
- Bishops of Queenstown
- * Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C.
- * Bishop John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C.
- * Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C.
- * Bishop Dabula Mpako, appointed Archbishop of Pretoria and Bishop of South Africa, Military
- * Bishop Paul Siphiwo Vanqa, S.A.C.
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Sithembele Anton Sipuka, appointed Bishop of Umtata in 2008