Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek

Archdiocese of Windhoek

*Archidioecesis Vindhoekensis*
Archdiocese of Windhoek; Archidioecesis Vindhoekensis
Location
Country	Namibia
Statistics
Area	560,158 km2 (216,278 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2023); 3,022,000; 604,000 (20%%)
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.

History

August 1, 1892: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Cimbebasia from the Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia in Angola
January 10, 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia
May 11, 1926: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Windhoek
March 14, 1994: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Windhoek

Prefect Apostolic of Lower Cimbebasia (Roman rite)
- Fr. Bernard Pierre Herrmann, O.M.I. (1892 – 1901)
- Fr. Augustine Nachtwey, O.M.I. (1901.12 – 1908)
- Fr. Joseph Schemmer, O.M.I. (1908.11.24 – 1909.12.17)
- Fr. Eugène Klaeylé, O.M.I. (1909.12.18 – 1921.01.10)
Prefect Apostolic of Cimbebasia (Roman rite)
- Fr. Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. (1921.01.11 – 1926.05.11); see below''^[1]
Vicars Apostolic of Windhoek (Roman rite)
- Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. (1926.05.11 – 1961.03.20); see above ^[1]
- Bishop Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. (1961.03.20 – 1980.11.29)
- Bishop Bonifatius Haushiku, I.C.P. (1980.11.29 – 1994.03.14): see below
Archbishops of Windhoek (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Bonifatius Haushiku, I.C.P. (1994.03.14 – 2002.06.12); see above
- Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. (since 2004.09.21)

^ ^a ^b Buys, Gerhard; Nambala, Shekutaamba (November 2003). "Gotthardt, Joseph". History of the Church in Namibia, an Introduction - 1805-1990. Gamsberg Macmillan (via Dictionary of African Christian Biography). Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.