Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek

Archdiocese of Windhoek

Archidioecesis Vindhoekensis
Location
CountryNamibia
Statistics
Area560,158 km2 (216,278 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2023)
  • 3,022,000
  • 363000 (12%%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopLiborius 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.