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Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill | |||
10 September 1921 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of Natal (Southern part and Transkeian territories) | Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill (erected) |
5 December 1924 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of Natal (Welbedacht, Mariannhill, and Darrehoék) | Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill |
30 March 1930 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill (Southern region) | Prefecture Apostolic of Umtata (erected) |
8 April 1935 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill (Bizana, Flagstaff, Lusikisiki, Mount Ayliff, Mount Frere, Tabankulu, Mount Currie, and part of Matatiele) | Prefecture Apostolic of Mount Currie (erected) |
Diocese of Mariannhill | |||
11 January 1951 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Mariannhill | Diocese of Mariannhill |
21 February 1954 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mariannhill (Uinzimkulu and Alfred and Underberg, Polela, and Port Shepstone (parts south of the river Umzimkulu)) | Diocese of Umzimkulu (erected) |
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 Mariannhill | ||||||||||||
1949 | 114,174 | 500,000 | 22.8% | 10 | 73 | 83 | 1,375 | 181 | 196 | 42 | ap1951 | |
Diocese of Mariannhill | ||||||||||||
1970 | 191,820 | 500,000 | 38.4% | 8 | 70 | 78 | 2,459 | 129 | 470 | 1 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 258,960 | 875,000 | 29.6% | 9 | 64 | 73 | 3,547 | 114 | 465 | 43 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 306,300 | 1,156,000 | 26.5% | 13 | 40 | 53 | 5,779 | 1 | 76 | 430 | 41 | ap1991 |
1999 | 284,500 | 1,390,000 | 20.5% | 28 | 29 | 57 | 4,991 | 1 | 64 | 400 | 43 | ap2000 |
2000 | 264,900 | 1,420,000 | 18.7% | 27 | 28 | 55 | 4,816 | 1 | 59 | 405 | 43 | ap2001 |
2001 | 270,200 | 1,450,000 | 18.6% | 28 | 30 | 58 | 4,658 | 61 | 400 | 43 | ap2002 | |
2003 | 281,600 | 1,791,600 | 15.7% | 32 | 27 | 59 | 4,772 | 55 | 346 | 43 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 284,400 | 1,819,400 | 15.6% | 37 | 24 | 61 | 4,662 | 55 | 346 | 43 | ap2005 | |
2013 | 215,000 | 2,520,100 | 8.5% | 47 | 27 | 74 | 2,905 | 46 | 247 | 46 | ap2014 | |
2016 | 286,479 | 2,771,840 | 10.3% | 44 | 49 | 93 | 3,080 | 83 | 346 | 45 | ap2017 | |
2019 | 335,100 | 2,876,300 | 11.7% | 51 | 49 | 100 | 3,351 | 98 | 241 | 46 | ap2020 | |
2021 | 344,660 | 2,958,650 | 11.6% | 54 | 22 | 76 | 4,535 | 62 | 202 | 46 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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