• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini

The Diocese of Manzini (Latin: Manzinien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Eswatini. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Johannesburg in South Africa. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Manzini.




History


April 19, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Swaziland from the Apostolic Vicariate of Natal in South Africa
March 15, 1939: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Swaziland
January 11, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Bremersdorp
November 7, 1961: Renamed as Diocese of Manzini




Leadership






= Prefects Apostolic of Swaziland

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Fr. Pellegrino Bellezze, OSM (15 March 1923 – 1932)
Fr. Romualdo Migliorini, OSM (8 July 1933 – 1939)




= Vicar Apostolic of Swaziland

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Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, OSM (15 March 1939 – 11 January 1951 see below)




= Bishop of Bremersdorp

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Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, OSM (see above 11 January 1951 – 7 November 1961 see below)




= Bishops of Manzini

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Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, OSM (see above 7 November 1961 – 21 May 1965)
Girolamo Maria Casalini, OSM (18 December 1965 – 24 January 1976)
Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane (24 January 1976 – 10 August 1980)
Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, OSM (1 July 1985 – 27 August 2012)
José Luís Ponce de León, IMC (29 November 2013 – present)




See also


Catholic Church in South Africa
Catholic Church in Eswatini




References






External links


GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy

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• Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini
• List of Catholic dioceses in South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• Mbabane
• Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu
• Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane
• Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral, Manzini
• Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi
• Girolamo Maria Casalini
• Catholic Church in Eswatini