Diocese of Kimberley, South Africa

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kimberley / Kimberleyen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bloemfontein

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Heart of Mary

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1886.06.04: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Orange Free State (English) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District and Apostolic Vicariate of Natal)
1892.08.01: Gained territory from Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia
1894.05.08: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Basutoland
1903.01.15: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange
1918: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa / Kimberley nell’Africa Meridionale (Italiano) / Kimberlien(sis) in Africa Meridionali (Latin)
1923.06.12: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Gariep
1923.11.26: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kroonstad
1948.04.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pretoria
1951.01.11: Promoted as Diocese of Kimberley / Kimberleyen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein and became suffragan of Bloemfontein)
1959.04.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bechuanaland

Contact Info

Address: 20 Dalham Road, PO Box 309, Kimberley 8300, South Africa

Phone: (053) 831 1861

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.03 – ...):

Bishop Duncan Theodore Tsoke (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kimberley (Roman Rite)

Bishop Duncan Theodore Tsoke (60)
(2021.03.03 – ...)

Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

Born:	1964.04.15 (Daveyton, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1995.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.04.30

Priest of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1995.12.02 – 2016.02.06)

Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia (2016.02.06 – 2021.03.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (2016.02.06 – 2021.03.03)

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

Bishop Abel Gabuza (later Archbishop)
(2010.12.23 – 2018.12.09)

Born:	1955.03.23 (Alexandra, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.03.19
Died:	2021.01.17 (Durban, South Africa † 65)

Priest of Pretoria (South Africa) (1984.12.15 – 2010.12.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Pretoria (South Africa) (2009.12.15 – 2010.12.23)

Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa) (2010.12.23 – 2018.12.09)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban (South Africa) (2018.12.09 – 2021.01.17)

Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I.
(1974.07.01 – 2009.12.15)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1933.10.13 (South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1959.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.05.11
Died:	2016.11.19 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Obba (1972.02.03 – 1974.07.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa) (1972.02.03 – 1974.07.01)

Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa) (1974.07.01 – 2009.12.15)

Bishop John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I.
(1953.03.24 – 1974.07.01)

Born:	1903.01.28 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1927.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.05.03
Died:	1982.08.07 († 79)

Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa) (1953.03.24 – 1974.07.01)

Vicars Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I.
(Apostolic Administrator 1951.01.11 – 1953.03.24)

Bishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(1929.12.19 – 1951.01.11)

Born:	1886.09.06 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1911.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.03.19
Died:	1963.10.21 († 77)

Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa) (1924 – 1929.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Mina (1929.12.19 – 1951.01.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa) (1929.12.19 – 1951.01.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1953.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1954)

Titular Archbishop of Dercos (1954 – 1963.10.21)

Vicars Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange (Roman Rite)

Fr. Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1924 – 1929.12.19)

Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I.
(Apostolic Administrator 1914 – 1924)

Bishop Matteo Gaughren, O.M.I.
(1902.01.13 – 1914.05.30)

Born:	1843.04.07 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1867.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.03.16
Died:	1914.05.30 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Tentyris (1902.01.13 – 1914.05.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange (South Africa) (1902.01.13 – 1914.05.30)

Vicars Apostolic of Orange Free State (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I.
(1886.06.08 – 1901.01.15)

Born:	1849.02.05 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1872.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1886.08.10
Died:	1901.01.15 (Kimberley, South Africa † 51)

Titular Bishop of Priene (1886.06.08 – 1901.01.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Orange Free State (South Africa) (1886.06.08 – 1901.01.15)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. (1972.02.03 – 1974.07.01)

Diocese of

Kimberley

South Africa