Roman Catholic Church in South Africa

The Roman Catholic Church in South Africa is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church .

In South Africa around 7% of the total population are members of the Catholic Church, which means that 3.3 million Catholics live there. Of these, around 2.7 million are members of black African ethnic groups such as the Zulu , Xhosa and Sotho . There are 26 dioceses and archdioceses, as well as an apostolic vicariate, that are united in the Bishops' Conference of South Africa ( The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference , SACBC). SACBC is chaired by the Archbishop of Johannesburg Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI ; Sister Hermenegild Makoro CPS has been Secretary General since March 1, 2012 .

Representative of the Holy See in South Africa - the Apostolic Nuncio - has been Archbishop Peter Brian Wells since February 8, 2016 . In addition to South Africa, his area of ​​responsibility also includes Lesotho , Namibia and Botswana .

Besides English , the liturgical language is Afrikaans .

Dioceses

• Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
  • Diocese of Bethlehem
  • Diocese of Keimoes-Upington
  • Diocese of Kimberley
  • Diocese of Kroonstad
• Archdiocese of Cape Town
  • Aliwal Diocese
  • Diocese of De Aar
  • Diocese of Oudtshoorn
  • Diocese of Port Elizabeth
  • Diocese of Queenstown
• Archdiocese of Durban
  • Diocese of Dundee
  • Diocese of Eshowe
  • Kokstad Diocese
  • Diocese of Mariannhill
  • Diocese of Umtata
  • Umzimkulu diocese
• Archdiocese of Johannesburg
  • Diocese of Klerksdorp
  • Diocese of Manzini (Swaziland)
  • Witbank diocese
• Archdiocese of Pretoria
  • Francistown Diocese (Botswana)
  • Diocese of Gaborone (Botswana)
  • Polokwane diocese
  • Diocese of Rustenburg
  • Diocese of Tzaneen
• Immediate:
  • Apostolic Vicariate Ingwavuma
  • South African military ordinariate

Theological faculties

The following theological faculties have been established in South Africa:

• St Augustine College of South Africa, Linden
• St Joseph's Theological Institute, Hilton College, Hilton ( KwaZulu-Natal Province )
• Seminaries St Francis Xavier Seminary, Glosderry ( Western Cape Province )
• St John Vianney Seminary, Groenkloof near Pretoria
• Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University , Matieland (Western Cape Province)
• Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of KwaZulu-Natal , Scottsville (KwaZulu-Natal Province)
• Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria , Pretoria
• Faculty of Theology and Biblical Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria
• Theological Education by Extension College (TEEC), Turffontein near Johannesburg

Others

The " Sacred Heart Abbey Inkamana ", a Mission Benedictine Abbey founded on August 3, 1922 by Bishop Thomas Spreiter OSB in Vryheid (KwaZulu-Natal Province), belongs to the Benedictine Congregation of St. Ottilien .

See also

• Christianity in Africa
• Particular church
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

• Website of The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference SACBC (English)
• Entry about the Catholic Church in South Africa on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
• German-speaking Catholic community on the Cape
• Theological Education in South Africa (University of Tübingen) ( Memento from November 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "South Africa: Religious to be General Secretary of the Bishops' Conference" , Vatican Radio , December 13, 2011
2. ^ "Theological Faculties in South Africa" ( Memento from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Network Africa, accessed on January 4, 2009
3. ^ "Inkamana Abbey" ( memento of February 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 4, 2009