Diocese of Oudtshoorn
| Diocese of Oudtshoorn | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cape Town |
| Diocesan bishop | Noel Andrew Rucastle |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Edward Robert Adams Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia |
| founding | 1874 |
| surface | 113,345 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,145,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 30,450 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 2.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,324 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Afrikaans English |
| cathedral | St. Savior's Cathedral: 33 ° 35 ′ 10 ″ S , 22 ° 12 ′ 16 ″ E |
| Website | www.bisdomoudtshoorn.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oudtshoorn ( lat. Dioecesis Oudtshoornensis , Engl. Diocese of Oudtshoorn ) is in South Africa situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Oudtshoorn .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the Apostolic Prefecture Cape of Good Hope, Central District on August 3, 1874 from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Cape of Good Hope, Western District . On July 20, 1885, it lost part of its territory to the Orange River Apostolic Prefecture . On April 9, 1934, the island of St. Helena with the Apostolic Constitution Quo spirituali was assigned to the Apostolic Vicariate Cape of Good Hope, Western District. On June 13, 1939, the Apostolic Prefecture Cape of Good Hope, Central District adopted the name Apostolic Prefecture Oudtshoorn.
Pius XII. elevated them to the Apostolic Vicariate on December 9, 1948 with the Apostolic Constitution Ad altiorem dignitatis . The elevation to the diocese took place on January 11, 1951 with the Apostolic Constitution Suprema Nobis .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects of Cape of Good Hope, Central District
- Franziskus Xaver Hennemann SAC (June 26, 1922 - June 30, 1933, Vicar Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope, West District )
- Teodoro Koenig SAC (June 13, 1939 - June 13, 1939)
Apostolic Prefect of Oudtshoorn
- Teodoro Koenig SAC (June 13, 1939-1947, died)
Apostolic Vicar of Oudtshoorn
- Bruno-Augustin Hippel SAC (December 9, 1948 - January 11, 1951)
Bishops of Oudtshoorn
- Bruno-Augustin Hippel SAC (January 11, 1951 - October 2, 1968, resigned)
- Manfred Gottschalk SAC (March 6, 1969 - April 20, 1982, died)
- Edward Robert Adams (May 2, 1983 - May 28, 2010, retired)
- Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia (May 28, 2010 - July 2, 2018)
- Noel Andrew Rucastle (since May 4, 2020)