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Suffragan diocese Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Diocese of Oudtshoorn

Oudtshoornen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Saviour Cathedral, Oudtshoorn, in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.

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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.

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.

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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.