Diocese of Queenstown, South Africa

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Queenstown / Civitatis Reginæ (Latin) / Queenstovnen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cape Town

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Christ the King

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1929.02.20: Established as Mission sui juris of Queenstown / Civitatis Reginæ (Latin) / Queenstovnen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District)
1934.04.09: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Gariep
1938.03.29: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Queenstown / Civitatis Reginæ (Latin) / Queenstovnen(sis) (Latin)
1948.04.09: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Queenstown / Civitatis Reginæ (Latin) / Queenstovnen(sis) (Latin)
1951.01.11: Promoted as Diocese of Queenstown / Civitatis Reginæ (Latin) / Queenstovnen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Cape Town)
1952.02.07: Gained territory from Diocese of Mthatha

Contact Info

Address: “Mayfield”, 10-12 Grey Street, Queenstown 5319, South Africa

Phone: (045) 839 7022

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.03 – ...):

Bishop Paul Siphiwo Vanqa, S.A.C. (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Queenstown (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Siphiwo Vanqa, S.A.C. (69)
(2021.03.03 – ...)

Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa)

Born:	1955.06.15 (Xonxa, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.05.29

Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa) (2021.03.03 – ...)

Bishop Dabula Anthony Mpako (65) (later Archbishop)
(2011.05.23 – 2019.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa)
Archbishop Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Veni Sancte Spiritus

Born:	1959.09.06 (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.08.06

Priest of Pretoria (South Africa) (1986.06.28 – 2011.05.23)

Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa) (2011.05.23 – 2019.04.30)

Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2019.02 – 2025.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa) (2019.04.30 – ...)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa) (2019.04.30 – ...)

Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C.
(1984.02.03 – 2009.11.16)

Eritis mihi testes

Born:	1936.08.20 (South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1965.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.04.28
Died:	2017.10.13 († 81)

Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa) (1984.02.03 – 2009.11.16)

Bishop John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C.
(1972.02.03 – 1984.02.03)

Born:	1908.05.13 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1934.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.04.25
Died:	1998.04.08 († 89)

Apostolic Administrator of Oudtshoorn (South Africa) (1968 – 1969.03.06)

Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa) (1972.02.03 – 1984.02.03)

Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C.
(1951.01.11 – 1972.02.03)

Born:	1903.03.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1929.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.23
Died:	1975.05.22 († 72)

Prefect Apostolic of Queenstown (South Africa) (1940.02.09 – 1948.04.09)

Titular Bishop of Syedra (1948.04.09 – 1951.01.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Queenstown (South Africa) (1948.04.09 – 1951.01.11)

Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1972.02.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Queenstown (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C.
(1948.04.09 – 1951.01.11)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Queenstown (Roman Rite)

Fr. John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. (later Bishop)
(1940.02.09 – 1948.04.09)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Christ the King, Queenstown, Eastern Cape

Port Elizabeth (↙), De Aar (←), Aliwal (↑), Mthatha (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 24,499 km²

Population: 61,600 Catholics (2.2% of 2,804,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 14 missions

Personnel: 20 priests (11 diocesan, 9 religious), 7 deacons, 28 religious (11 brothers, 17 sisters), 2 seminarians