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Roman Catholic Diocese of Oudtshoorn

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Metropolitan
  
Cape Town

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
South Africa

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
113,343 km²

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 997,920 26,344 (2.6%)

Bishop
  
Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town

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.

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History

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

    • January 11, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Oudtshoorn

    Special churches

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

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Oudtshoorn (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia (since 2010.05.28)
  • Bishop Edward Robert Adams (1983.05.02 - 2010.05.28)
  • Bishop Manfred Gottschalk, S.A.C. (1969.03.06 – 1982.04.20)
  • Bishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. (1951.01.11 – 1968.10.02)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Oudtshoorn (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. (1948.12.09 – 1951.01.11)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Oudtshoorn (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Teodoro Koenig, S.A.C. (1939.06.13 – 1947)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Teodoro Koenig, S.A.C. (1934.01.12 – 1939.06.13)
  • Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C. (1922.06.26 – 1933.06.30)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Oudtshoorn Wikipedia
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