Catholic Church in South Africa
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In 1996, there were approximately 3.3 million Catholics in
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Organisation
Jurisdictions
The Catholic Church in South Africa consists of five Archdioceses (Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Pretoria), 22 Dioceses, 2 Vicariates Apostolic and a Military Ordinariate. The five Ecclesiastical provinces are—
- Bloemfontein
- Leadership: Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani S.C.J., appointed 1 April 2020
- Contains the following dioceses:
- Bethlehem
- Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr. appointed 31 December 2008.
- Upington, Northern Cape
- Bishop Edward Risi, O.M.I. appointed 14 October 2000.
- Kimberley
- Kroonstad
- Vacant, following the resignation of Bishop Peter Holiday due to ill-health.
- Cape Town
- Leadership: Archbishop Stephen Cardinal Brislin appointed 18 December 2009 and Auxiliary Bishop Sylvester Anthony John David OMI, appointed 6 June 2019
- Contains the following dioceses:
- Aliwal
- Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito appointed 15 November 2019
- De Aar
- Bishop Adam Leszek Musiałek SCJ, appointed 17 July 2009.
- Oudtshoorn
- Bishop Noel Andrew Rucastle appointed 4 May 2020
- Port Elizabeth
- Bishop Vincent Mduduzi Zungu OFM, appointed 2 February 2014.
- Queenstown
- Durban
- Leadership: Archbishop Siegfried Mandla Jwara CMM, appointed 9 June 2021 and Auxiliary Bishop Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi, appointed 9 March 2023.
- Contains the following dioceses:
- Dundee
- Bishop Graham Rose appointed 13 June 2008.
- Eshowe
- Vacant, following the transfer of Bishop Thaddaeus Kumalo to the See of Witbank.
- Kokstad
- Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa CMM, appointed 6 April 2022.
- Mariannhill
- Bishop Neil Augustine Frank OMI, appointed 17 December 2021.
- Umtata
- Bishop Anton Sipuka appointed 8 February 2008.
- Umzimkulu
- Bishop Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E.appointed 31 December 2008.
- Bishop Stanisław Jan Dziuba,
- Vicariate Apostolic of Ingwavuma
- Bishop Vusumuzi Francis Mazibuko OMI, appointed 20 March 2023.
- Johannesburg
- Leadership: Archbishop Buti Tlhagale OMI appointed 8 April 2003
- Contains the following dioceses:
- Klerksdorp
- Bishop Victor Hlolo Phalana appointed 25 January 2015
- Manzini (Geographically external to South Africa – In eSwatini)
- Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León IMC appointed 29 November 2013.
- Witbank
- Bishop Thaddaeus Kumalo appointed 25 November 2020.
- Klerksdorp
- Pretoria
- Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako appointed 30 April 2019 and Auxiliary Bishop Masilo John Selemela, appointed 16 July 2022
- Contains the following dioceses:
- Gaborone (Geographically external to South Africa – In Botswana)
- Bishop Frank Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D, appointed 6 June 2019
- Polokwane
- Bishop Jeremiah Madimetja Masela appointed 10 June 2013.
- Rustenburg
- Bishop Robert Mogapi Mphiwe appointed 25 November 2020
- Tzaneen
- Bishop Joao Rodrigues appointed 28 January 2010
- Francistown (Geographically external to South Africa – In Botswana)
- Bishop Anthony Pascal Rebello SVD, appointed 5 July 2021.
- Military Ordinariate of South Africa
- Leadership: Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako appointed 30 April 2019.
Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference
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to provide the bishops of the territories mentioned above with facilities for consultation and united action in such matters of common interest to the Church as consultation and co-operation with other hierarchies; the fostering of priestly and religious vocations; the doctrinal, apostolic and pastoral formation of the clergy, religious and laity; the promotion of missionary activity, catechetics, liturgy, lay apostolate, ecumenism, development, justice and reconciliation, social welfare, schools, hospitals, the apostolate of the press, radio, television, and other means of social communication; and any other necessary activity.
Apostolic Nuncio
The
Catholic Church and apartheid
People
- Roy Campbell, South African poet, Catholic convert, and critic of Stalinism, Nazism, and Apartheid.
- Ernest Cole (photographer), South Africa's first black freelance photographer.
- Blessed Benedict Daswa, a Catholic convert from the Lemba people. First South African Blessed & Martyr
- anti-Catholic face of Afrikaner nationalism.
- Denis Hurley, see above
- Anton Lembede, South African activist and founding president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL).
- Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference(SACBC); cardinal.
- A. P. Mda, South African activist and founder member of both African National Congress Youth League and Pan Africanist Congress of Azania.
- Wilfrid Napier is currently South Africa's only cardinal.
- Franz Pfanner, Trappist Abbot and candidate for Roman Catholic Sainthood
- linguist and Roman Catholic convert of royal descent from among the Zulu people. Also a radically innovative Zulu language poet, who combined the traditional Izibongo and other conventions of Zulu literature with both poetic meters and themes drawn from the European Romantic poetryof the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Education
- Catholic schools in South Africa
- Catholic secondary schools in South Africa
- St Augustine College of South Africa
In popular culture
- White South AfricanCatholic girl, during the Apartheid era and its aftermath.
See also
- Religion in South Africa
- Christianity in South Africa
- Protestantism in South Africa
- Freedom of religion in South Africa
References
- ^ GCatholic.org
- ^ Catholics in RSA Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 1996 census statistics posted on the website of the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein.
- ^ Afrikaans-Speaking Catholics in the Rainbow Republic, Catholic World News, 14 November 1996.
- Library of Congress, 1996.
Sources
- St Joseph's theological Institute (Cedara)
- Provides links to the structure and personnel history. Used heavily for diocesan and personnel information in the section on structure and leadership. This article may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources. (February 2023)
External links
- http://www.sacbc.org.za is the website of the South African Bishops' Conference
- http://www.adct.org.za is the website of the Archdiocese of Cape Town
- http://www.staugustine.ac.za is the South African Catholic University