Diocese of Oudtshoorn

Diocese of Oudtshoorn Dioecesis Oudtshoornensis
Location
Country	South Africa
Metropolitan	Cape Town
Statistics
Area	113,343 km2 (43,762 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 997,920 26,344 (2.6%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Noel Andrew Rucastle
Bishops emeritus	Edward Robert Adams Francisco Fortunato De Gouveia

Bishop Francisco Fortunato De Gouveia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oudtshoorn (Latin : Oudtshoornen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Oudtshoorn in the ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.

On 4 May 2020, Noel Andrew Rucastle, a priest of the Archdiocese of Cape Town, was appointed Bishop of Oudtshoorn.

History

• 3 August 1874: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Cape of Good Hope, Central District from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Western District
• 13 June 1939: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Oudtshoorn
• 9 December 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oudtshoorn
• 11 January 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Oudtshoorn

Special churches

• The cathedral is St. Saviour's Cathedral in Oudtshoorn.

Leadership

• Prefects Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District (Latin Church)
  • Bishop Franziskus Hennemann (1922.06.26 – 1933.06.30), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District
  • Fr. Teodoro Koenig (1934.01.12 – 1939.06.13 see below)
• Prefect Apostolic of Oudtshoorn
  • Fr. Teodoro Koenig (see above 1939.06.13 – 1947)
• Vicar Apostolic of Oudtshoorn
  • Bishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel (1948.12.09 – 1951.01.11 see below)
• Bishops of Oudtshoorn
  • Bishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel (see above 1951.01.11 – 1968.10.02)
  • Bishop Manfred Gottschalk, S.A.C. (1969.03.06 – 1982.04.20)
  • Bishop Edward Robert Adams (1983.05.02 - 2010.05.28)

    

    Bishop Edward Robert Adams

  • Bishop Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia (appointed 2010.05.28 - retired 2 July 2018)
  • Bishop Noel Andrew Rucastle (appointed 4 May 2020 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in South Africa

Sources

• Website (Diocese of Oudtshoorn)
• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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