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.
On the map
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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. AugustineVictoria WestView parish
- St. BlaizeMossel Bay – ExtensionView parish
- St. BonifaceKnysnaView parish
- St. BrunoWillowmoreView parish
- St. Charles LwangaMossel Bay – KwanonqabaView parish
- St. ChristopherPlettenberg BayView parish
- St. ConradDysselsdorpView parish
- St. Elizabeth of HungaryAvontuurView parish
- St. Francis XavierRiversdalView parish
- St. JosephBeaufort WestView parish
- St. JosephDe DoornsView parish
- St. JosephNelspoortView parish
- St. Joseph MELTON WOLD: Geographical reference: See Victoria West – StLeeu-GamkaView parish
- St. LiboriusGeorge – ParkdeneView parish
- St. Maria GorettiWorcesterView parish
- St. Martin De PorresWolseleyView parish
- St. Mary Queen of ApostlesGeorge – RosemoorView parish
- St. Michael, Served from Mossel Bay – St. BlaizeGrootbrak River – FriemersheimView parish
- St. MonicaRobertsonView parish
- St. Nicholas of FlüeOudtshoorn – BridgtonView parish
- St. PatrickSwellendamView parish
- St. TheresaKnysna – HornleeView parish
- St. ThomasMossel BayView parish
- St. Vincent PallottiGeorge – PacaltsdorpView 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.