Roman Catholic Diocese of Kroonstad

History

• 26 November 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kroonstad from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa
• 8 April 1935: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kroonstad
• 11 January 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Kroonstad

  Special churches

Leadership

• Prefects Apostolic of Kroonstad
• * Fr. Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp.
• * Fr. Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp.
• Vicars Apostolic of Kroonstad
• * Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp., appointed Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem
• * Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P.
• Bishops of Kroonstad
• * Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P.
• * Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P.
• * Bishop Stephen Brislin, appointed Archbishop of Cape Town
• * Bishop Peter Holiday