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Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Orange River | |||
20 June 1885 | Erected | Prefecture Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Centrale} | Prefecture Apostolic of Orange River (erected) |
Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River | |||
2 May 1898 | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Orange River | Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River |
7 July 1909 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River (Grand Namaqualand) | Prefecture Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (erected) |
7 July 1909 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale} (Kenhardt, Van Rhyns Dorp, and Fraserburg)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange (Gordonia) | Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River |
16 March 1927 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River (Calvinia and Fraserburg) | Prefecture Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Centrale} |
16 March 1927 | Territory Added | Prefecture Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Centrale} (Prieska) | Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River |
Vicariate Apostolic of Keimoes | |||
9 July 1940 | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River | Vicariate Apostolic of Keimoes |
Diocese of Keimoes | |||
11 January 1951 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Keimoes | Diocese of Keimoes |
27 September 1979 | Territory Added | Diocese of Oudtshoorn (Calvinia and Williston) | Diocese of Keimoes |
Diocese of Keimoes-Upington | |||
8 February 1985 | Name Changed | Diocese of Keimoes | Diocese of Keimoes-Upington |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Keimoes | ||||||||||||
1950 | 15,913 | 105,725 | 15.1% | 25 | 25 | 636 | 3 | 57 | ap1951 | |||
Diocese of Keimoes | ||||||||||||
1970 | 31,751 | 32 | 32 | 992 | 43 | 52 | 20 | ap1971 | ||||
1980 | 42,867 | 363,067 | 11.8% | 26 | 26 | 1,648 | 35 | 46 | 20 | ap1981 | ||
Diocese of Keimoes-Upington | ||||||||||||
1990 | 54,869 | 605,030 | 9.1% | 3 | 20 | 23 | 2,385 | 3 | 28 | 53 | 21 | ap1991 |
1999 | 68,638 | 317,343 | 21.6% | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4,037 | 3 | 16 | 44 | 21 | ap2000 |
2000 | 69,633 | 318,288 | 21.9% | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3,165 | 3 | 19 | 41 | 21 | ap2001 |
2001 | 71,172 | 322,172 | 22.1% | 6 | 15 | 21 | 3,389 | 3 | 18 | 41 | 22 | ap2002 |
2002 | 53,464 | 325,437 | 16.4% | 8 | 14 | 22 | 2,430 | 3 | 16 | 41 | 23 | ap2003 |
2003 | 52,178 | 325,437 | 16.0% | 9 | 14 | 23 | 2,268 | 2 | 23 | 44 | 23 | ap2004 |
2004 | 60,501 | 331,984 | 18.2% | 8 | 14 | 22 | 2,750 | 2 | 18 | 43 | 23 | ap2005 |
2006 | 62,200 | 336,000 | 18.5% | 10 | 16 | 26 | 2,392 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 26 | ap2007 |
2013 | 69,764 | 387,582 | 18.0% | 13 | 12 | 25 | 2,790 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 25 | ap2014 |
2016 | 72,978 | 404,643 | 18.0% | 14 | 10 | 24 | 3,040 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 25 | ap2017 |
2019 | 71,083 | 425,582 | 16.7% | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4,442 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | ap2020 |
2021 | 69,950 | 439,370 | 15.9% | 15 | 8 | 23 | 3,041 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 25 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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