Owen McCann

Owen Cardinal McCann ( born June 29, 1907 in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa, † March 26, 1994 in Cape Town) was Archbishop of Cape Town.

Life

Owen McCann studied in Cape Town and Rome, the subjects philosophy and Catholic theology and received on December 21, 1935, the ordination; then he was released to further study. From 1940 to 1948 he worked as editor of "The Southern Cross" as well as a church pastor. From 1948 to 1950 he was pastor in Cape Town, before him, Pope Pius XII. on March 12, 1950 appointed titular bishop of Stectorium and appointed Vicar Apostolic of Cape Town. He received his episcopal consecration on May 18, 1950 Archbishop Martin Lucas, SVD, Apostolic Delegate in South Africa.

1951 Owen McCann was appointed the first Archbishop of Cape Town. In the years 1962 to 1965, he took part in the Second Vatican Council. Pope Paul VI. took him in 1965 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Prassede in the College of Cardinals to.

Owen McCann headed for many years the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Archdiocese of Cape Town and stood in front until 1984.

He died on March 26, 1994 in Cape Town and was buried in the local cathedral.