Suffragan diocese Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Diocese of Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoornen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Oudtshoorn is a Latin Church diocese in the Western Cape, South Africa, erected as a diocese in 1951. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town and led by Bishop Noel Andrew Rucastle.
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- Established
- 1951
- Catholics
- 36,000
- Priests
- 23
- Territory
- 113,343 km²
Parishes and churches
54 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Saviour CathedralOudtshoorn · CathedralView parish
- Assumption of Our LadyCeresView parish
- Christ the KingWorcesterView parish
- Geographical reference / See Grootbrak River – FriemersheimKleinbrak RiverView parish
- Geographical reference: See Avontuur – St. ElizabethHaarlemView parish
- Geographical reference: See Avontuur – St. ElizabethMisgundView parish
- Geographical reference: See Avontuur – St. ElizabethOngelegenView parish
- Geographical reference: See Avontuur – St. ElizabethUniondaleView parish
- Geographical reference: See Ceres – Assumption of our LadyTulbaghView parish
- Geographical reference: See De Doorns – St. JosephSandhillsView parish
- Geographical reference: See De Doorns – St. JosephTouwsrivierView parish
- Geographical reference: See Oudtshoorn – BongolethuBongolethuView parish
- Geographical reference: See Oudtshoorn – BridgtonBridgtonView parish
- Good ShepherdGeorge – ThembalethuView parish
- Holy CrossBeaufort West – RustdeneView parish
- Immaculate Conception of MaryHotspringsView parish
- Immaculate Heart of MaryWorcester – ZweletembaView parish
- Lumen Christi Pastoral CentrePlettenberg Bay – KwanokuthulaView parish
- Mary Queen of PeaceOudtshoorn – BongolethuView parish
- Our Lady of FatimaMontaguView parish
- Our Lady of the Holy RosaryKnysna – KhayalethuView parish
- Our Lady of the ValleyBonnievaleView parish
- Our Lady Star of the Sea ChapelHerolds BayView parish
- Served from Dysselsdorp – St. ConradPrince AlbertView parish
- Served from Mossel Bay – St. BlaizeStilbaaiView parish
- Served from Swellendam – St. PatrickHeidelbergView parish
- Ss. Peter and PaulGeorgeView parish
- St Josephine Bhakita Pastoral CentreCeres – NduliView parish
- St. AnneGeorge – BlancoView parish
- St. AnthonySedgefieldView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Noel Andrew Rucastle
- Born
- 22 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Kimberley
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The cathedral
St. Saviour Cathedral, Oudtshoorn stands in Oudtshoorn, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Centered on the South African city of Oudtshoorn, this Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: Oudtshoornen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cape Town. Its current bishop, Noel Andrew Rucastle, came from the priesthood of the Archdiocese of Cape Town and received his appointment on 4 May 2020.