Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini

The Diocese of Manzini (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

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