Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek information
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Namibia
Archdiocese of Windhoek
Archidioecesis Vindhoekensis
Location
Country
Namibia
Statistics
Area
560,158 km2 (216,278 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2004) 1,800,000 246,654 (13.7%)
Information
Rite
Latin Rite
Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.
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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