Diocese of Dundee, South Africa

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dundee / Dundeen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Durban

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady, Saint Francis of Assisi

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1958.06.23: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Volksrust / Volksrusten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban, Diocese of Bremersdorp and Diocese of Lydenburg)
1982.11.19: Promoted as Diocese of Dundee / Dundeen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Durban)

Contact Info

Address: 5 Hill Street, Postnet Suite 95, Private Bag X6603, Newcastle 2940, South Africa

Phone: (034) 312 6591

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.06.13 – ...):

Bishop Thomas Graham Rose (72)

Second Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dundee (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Graham Rose (72)
(2008.06.13 – ...)

Bishop of Dundee (South Africa)
Second Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Pax Christi amore

Born:	1951.12.23 (Evander, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.08.30

Priest of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1980.12.12 – 2008.06.13)

Bishop of Dundee (South Africa) (2008.06.13 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2019.02 – ...)

Bishop Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M.
(1983.03.17 – 2005.09.30)

Born:	1929.03.18 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1953.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.09.17
Died:	2012.09.23 († 83)

Bishop of Dundee (South Africa) (1983.03.17 – 2005.09.30)

Prefects Apostolic of Volksrust (Roman Rite)

Fr. Marius Joseph Banks, O.F.M.
(1969.04.15 – 1982)

Born:	(South Africa)
Died:	1983

Prefect Apostolic of Volksrust (South Africa) (1969.04.15 – 1982)

Fr. Christopher Ulyatt, O.F.M.
(1958 – 1969)

Died:

1969

Prefect Apostolic of Volksrust (South Africa) (1958 – 1969)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Rosary, Dundee, Kwazulu-Natal

Bethlehem (←), Johannesburg (↖), Witbank (↑), Manzini (↗), Eshowe (→), Durban (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 50,000 km²

Population: 251,200 Catholics (14.8% of 1,700,124 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 28 priests (20 diocesan, 8 religious), 45 religious (8 brothers, 37 sisters), 11 seminarians