Diocese of Umzimkulu, South Africa 🇿🇦

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Umzimkulu / Umzimkulen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Durban

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kokstad (↙), Qacha’s Nek (←), Mariannhill (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Lourdes

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1954.02.21: Established as Diocese of Umzimkulu / Umzimkulen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mariannhill and became suffragan of Durban)

Contact Info

Address: 1 Balance Street, PO Box 332, Harding 4680, South Africa

Phone: (039) 433 1421

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.12.31 – ...):

Bishop Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E. (66)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Umzimkulu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E. (66)
(2008.12.31 – ...)

Bishop of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

In servitio populi Dei

Born:	1960.04.27 (Radomsko, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1986.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.14

Bishop of Umzimkulu (South Africa) (2008.12.31 – ...)

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (85)
(Apostolic Administrator 1994.08.01 – 2008.12.31)

Bishop Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu
(1986.12.22 – 1994.08.22)

Born:	1939.03.11 (Gobamahlambu, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1970.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.04.25
Died:	2013.03.13 († 74)

Bishop of Umzimkulu (South Africa) (1986.12.22 – 1994.08.22)

Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I.
(Apostolic Administrator 1972.09.11 – 1986)

Fr. Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1968.01.08 – 1972.07.30)

Bishop Pius Bonaventura Dlamini
(1954.02.21 – 1967.12.14)

Born:	1908.05 (Mariathal, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1937.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.04.26
Died:	1981.09.13 († 73)

Bishop of Umzimkulu (South Africa) (1954.02.21 – 1967.12.14)

Titular Bishop of Unizibira (1967.12.14 – 1981.09.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa) (1967.12.14 – 1981.09.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Lourdes, Kwazulu-Natal

Kokstad (↙), Qacha’s Nek (←), Mariannhill (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,275 km²

Population: 71,000 Catholics (7.5% of 952,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 17 priests (9 diocesan, 8 religious), 32 religious (9 brothers, 23 sisters), 11 seminarians