Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini

Diocese of Manzini

*Dioecesis Manziniensis*
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	Francis
Bishop	José Luís Ponce de León, IMC
Website
	www.dioceseofmanzini.org

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.

History

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

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

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

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

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