Diocese of

Gaborone

Botswana Botswana

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Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gaborone / Gaboronen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pretoria

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Sorrows

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) πŸ“…

History

Contact Info

Address: PO Box 218, Gaborone, Botswana

Phone: (00267) 395 2928

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.06.06 – ...):Archbishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (75)Archbishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (75)

Archbishop ad personam

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gaborone (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (75)Archbishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (75)
(2019.06.06 – ...)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana)
Archbishop ad personam

Servus Domini

Born:1949.07.07 (Likpe Abozome, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:1980.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1998.11.07

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1998.06.27 – 2017.10.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Francistown (Botswana) (1998.06.27 – 2017.10.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Gaborone (Botswana) (2017.08.09 – 2019.06.06)

Bishop of Francistown (Botswana) (2017.10.02 – 2019.06.06)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) (2019.06.06 – ...)

Archbishop ad personam (2021.07.05 – ...)

Archbishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (75)Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. (75) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2017.08.09 – 2019.06.06)

Bishop Valentine Tsamma Seane (57)Bishop Valentine Tsamma Seane (57)
(2009.02.05 – 2017.08.09)

Bishop emeritus of Gaborone (Botswana)

Deus caritas est

Born:1966.11.02 (Lobaste, Botswana)
Ordained Priest:1994.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:2009.04.25

Priest of Gaborone (Botswana) (1994.03.19 – 2009.02.05)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) (2009.02.05 – 2017.08.09)

Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2016.01.28 – 2018.02)

Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi
(1981.11.30 – 2009.02.05)

Renouveler

Born:1927.09.14 (Serowe, Botswana)
Ordained Priest:1963.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:1982.03.06
Died:2019.01.25 (Gaborone, Botswana † 91)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) (1981.11.30 – 2009.02.05)

Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P.
(1970.04.07 – 1981.02.28)

Born:1919.07.12 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1945.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1966.09.14
Died:1981.02.28 († 61)

Prefect Apostolic of Bechuanaland (Botswana) (1959.04.24 – 1966.08.05)

Bishop of Gaberones (Botswana) (1966.08.05 – 1970.04.07)

Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) (1970.04.07 – 1981.02.28)

Bishops of Gaberones (Roman Rite)

Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P.
(1966.08.05 – 1970.04.07)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Bechuanaland (Roman Rite)

Fr. Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. (later Bishop)
(1959.04.24 – 1966.08.05)

(see above)

Special Churches

Keimoes–Upington (↙), Keetmanshoop (←), Windhoek (β†–), Francistown (↑), Rustenburg (β†’), Kimberley (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 174,821 kmΒ²

Population: 87,000 Catholics (6.4% of 1,353,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 49 priests (24 diocesan, 25 religious), 3 deacons, 77 religious (28 brothers, 49 sisters), 4 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Deacons

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Last updated on 2024.10.01

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