Roman Catholicism in South Africa

The Roman Catholic Church in South Africa is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.

In South Africa, about 7 % of the total members of the Catholic Church, and therefore live there 3.3 million Catholics. Of these, approximately 2.7 million 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 in the Episcopal Conference of South Africa ( The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, SACBC ) are represented. Chairman of the SACBC is the Archbishop of Johannesburg Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI; Secretary General since 1 March 2012, sister Hermenegild Makoro CPS.

Representatives of the Holy See in South Africa - the apostolic nuncio - since the August 17, 2006 Archbishop James Patrick Green. His office space boasts South Africa and Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia as well as the Apostolic Delegate in Botswana.

Liturgical language is both English and Afrikaans.

Dioceses

  • Immediate: Apostolic Vicariate of Ingwavuma, Military Ordinariate
  • Archdiocese of Bloemfontein: Diocese of Bethlehem, Bishopric Keimoes - Upington, Kimberley diocese, 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, Diocese of Kokstad Diocese of Mariannhill, Umtata diocese, Diocese of Umzimkulu
  • Archdiocese of Johannesburg: Klerksdorp Diocese, Diocese of Manzini ( Swaziland), Diocese of Witbank
  • Archdiocese of Pretoria: Diocese of Gaborone ( Botswana ), Diocese of Polokwane, Rustenburg Diocese, Diocese of Tzaneen, Apostolic Vicariate of Francistown ( Botswana )

Theological faculties

The following theological faculties were established in South Africa:

  • St Augustine College of South Africa, Linden
  • St Joseph's Theological Institute, Hilton College, Hilton ( KwaZulu -Natal)
  • Seminaries St Francis Xavier Seminary, Glos Derry ( Western Cape )
  • St John Vianney Seminary, Groenkloof Pretoria in
  • Faculty of Theology at the University of Stellenbosch, Matieland ( Western Cape )
  • Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of KwaZulu -Natal, Scottsville ( KwaZulu -Natal)
  • 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 in Johannesburg

Others

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

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