The Diocese of Manzini () 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 19 April 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Swaziland from the Apostolic Vicariate of Natal in South Africa 15 March 1939: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Swaziland 11 January 1951: Promoted as the Diocese of Bremersdorp 7 November 1961: Renamed as Diocese of Manzini
Leadership
Prefects Apostolic of Swaziland
Fr. Pellegrino Bellezze, OSM (15 March 1923 – 1932) Fr. Romualdo Migliorini, OSM (8 July 1933 – 1939)
Vicar Apostolic of Swaziland
Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, OSM (15 March 1939 – 11 January 1951 see below)
Bishop of Bremersdorp
Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, OSM (see above 11 January 1951 – 7 November 1961 see below)
Bishops of Manzini
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 Gerardo Ponce de León, IMC (29 November 2013 – present)
See also Catholic Church in South Africa Catholic Church in Eswatini
References
External links GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy