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.

Diocese of Manzini Dioecesis Manziniensis
Location
Country	Eswatini
Metropolitan	Johannesburg
Statistics
Area	17,364 km2 (6,704 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 990,000 55,130 (5.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, IMC
Website
www.dioceseofmanzini.org

History

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

Leadership

Prefects Apostolic of Swaziland

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

Vicar Apostolic of Swaziland

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

Bishop of Bremersdorp

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

Bishops of Manzini

• 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 Gerardo Ponce de León, IMC (29 November 2013 – present)

See also

• Catholic Church in South Africa
• Catholic Church in Eswatini

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy