Diocese of Rustenburg, South Africa 🇿🇦

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Rustenburg / Rustenburgen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pretoria

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kimberley (←), Gaborone (↖), Francistown (↑), Polokwane (↗), Pretoria (→), Johannesburg (↘), Klerksdorp (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.06.28: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Rustenburg / Rustenburgen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria)
1987.11.18: Promoted as Diocese of Rustenburg / Rustenburgen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Pretoria)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, St. Joseph’s Mission, Phokeng 0335, South Africa

Phone: (014) 573 3403

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.25 – ...):

Bishop Robert Mogapi Mphiwe (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rustenburg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Mogapi Mphiwe (54)
(2020.11.25 – ...)

Bishop of Rustenburg (South Africa)

Born:	1972.03.14 (Pretoria, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1997.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.02.27

Priest of Pretoria (South Africa) (1997.11.01 – 2020.11.25)

Bishop of Rustenburg (South Africa) (2020.11.25 – ...)

Bishop Kevin Patrick Dowling, C.SS.R. (82)
(1990.12.02 – 2020.11.25)

Bishop emeritus of Rustenburg (South Africa)

Servus vester per Jesum

Born:	1944.02.14 (Pretoria, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.01.27

Bishop of Rustenburg (South Africa) (1990.12.02 – 2020.11.25)

Bishop Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R.
(1987.11.18 – 1990.01.30)

Born:	1916.03.09 (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1953.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.30
Died:	1990.01.30 († 73)

Prefect Apostolic of Rustenburg (South Africa) (1971.09.29 – 1987.11.18)

Bishop of Rustenburg (South Africa) (1987.11.18 – 1990.01.30)

Prefects Apostolic of Rustenburg (Roman Rite)

Fr. Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R. (later Bishop)
(1971.09.29 – 1987.11.18)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Most Holy Redeemer, Rustenburg, North-West
Pro-Cathedral: Church of St. Joseph, Phokeng, North-West

Kimberley (←), Gaborone (↖), Francistown (↑), Polokwane (↗), Pretoria (→), Johannesburg (↘), Klerksdorp (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 32,000 km²

Population: 54,500 Catholics (4.6% of 1,196,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 15 priests (2 diocesan, 13 religious), 15 deacons, 23 religious (14 brothers, 9 sisters), 1 seminarian