Diocese of Umtata (Catholic)

Diocese of Umtata

*Dioecesis Umtatana*
Diocese of Umtata; Dioecesis Umtatana
Location
Country	South Africa
Metropolitan	Durban
Statistics
Area	22,500 km2 (8,700 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2004); 1,717,676; 68,198 (4.0%);
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Anton Sipuka

The Diocese of Umtata (Latin: Umtatan(a)) is a Latin Catholic diocese located in the city of Umtata, King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, in the ecclesiastical province of Durban in South Africa.

History

30 March 1930: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Umtata from the Apostolic Vicariate of Mariannhill
12 April 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Umtata
11 January 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Umtata

The Cathedral is the Cathedral of All Saints in Umtata.

Prefects Apostolic of Umtata (Roman rite)
- Fr. Daniele Kauczor, M.C.C.I. (1923 – 1926)
- Fr. Luigi Mohn, M.C.C.I. (1926.12.10 – 1930)
- Fr. Emanuele Hanisch, M.H.M. (1930.10.28 – 1937.04.13 see below)
Vicars Apostolic of Umtata (Roman rite)
- Bishop Emanuele Hanisch, M.H.M. (see above 1937.04.13 – 1940.02.28)
- Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. (1941.04.03 – 1951.01.11 see below)
Bishops of Umtata (Roman rite)
- Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. (see above 1951.01.11 – 1968.09.26)
- Bishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. (1968.09.26 – 1974.05.09), appointed Bishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; future Archbishop
- Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. (1975.07.10 – 1978.04.27), appointed Archbishop of Bloemfontein
- Bishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook (1979.02.12 – 1995.01.07)
- Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer (1997.04.21 – 2008.02.08)
- Bishop Anton Sipuka (since 2008.02.08)