KOKSTAD, DIOCESE of. — In the Union of South Africa. By decree of 8 April 1935, the south-western region of the apostolic vicariate of Mariannhill was constituted as the apostolic prefecture of Monte Currie, bordered to the north by the apostolic vicariates of Basutoland and Mariannhill and the Indian Ocean, and to the south and west by the apostolic vicariate of Umtata. On 11 July 1939 it was elevated to an apostolic vicariate, bearing the name of K., from the see of the Ordinary. On 11 January 1951, with the establishment of the ecclesiastical hierarchy in the Union of South Africa, it was elevated to a diocese.
It has an area of 15,000 sq. km. and a population of approximately 375,000, of whom only 6,500 are Europeans. There are 14,355 Catholics, 656 catechumens, 100,000 Protestants, and 260,000 pagans. The Friars Minor are 14, the brothers 4, and the sisters 68. There are 46 catechists, 11 primary stations, 70 secondary stations, 8 churches, 10 chapels, and 1 hospital with 63 beds. There are 29 elementary schools with 2,235 pupils, 9 middle schools with 172 pupils, and 2 higher schools with 9 pupils. The African Catholic Union and other associations for teachers, farmers, and laypeople are well developed.