Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Windhoek

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Namibia


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek (Latin: Vindhoeken(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Windhoek in Namibia. The predecessor to the current Archdiocese, the Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia, was established in 1892 and the current archdiocese was fully erected in March 1994. The current archbishop is Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda.

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History

Special churches

St. Mary's Cathedral, Windhoek

Bishops

  • Prefect Apostolic of Lower Cimbebasia (Roman rite)
    • Fr. Bernard Pierre Herrmann, O.M.I. (1892 – 1901)
    • Fr. Augustine Nachtwey, O.M.I. (1901.12 – 1908)
    • Fr. Joseph Schemmer, O.M.I. (1908.11.24 – 1909.12.17)
    • Fr. Eugène Klaeylé, O.M.I. (1909.12.18 – 1921.01.10)
  • Prefect Apostolic of Cimbebasia (Roman rite)
    • Fr. Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. (1921.01.11 – 1926.05.11); see below''[1]
  • Vicars Apostolic of Windhoek (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. (1926.05.11 – 1961.03.20); see above [1]
    • Bishop Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. (1961.03.20 – 1980.11.29)
    • Bishop Bonifatius Haushiku, I.C.P. (1980.11.29 – 1994.03.14): see below
  • Archbishops of Windhoek (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Bonifatius Haushiku, I.C.P. (1994.03.14 – 2002.06.12); see above
    • Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. (since 2004.09.21)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

  • Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. (1957-1961)

Auxiliary Bishops

Suffragan dioceses

See also


References

  1. Buys, Gerhard; Nambala, Shekutaamba (November 2003). "Gotthardt, Joseph". History of the Church in Namibia, an Introduction - 1805-1990. Gamsberg Macmillan (via Dictionary of African Christian Biography). Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

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