Roman Catholic Diocese of Oudtshoorn

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Diocese of Oudtshoorn
Dioecesis Oudtshoornensis

Statistics
Country:	South Africa
Metropolitan:	Cape Town
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	113,343 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	997,920 (2004) 26,344 (2.6%)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Edward Robert Adams

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oudtshoorn {Latin: Oudtshoornen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Oudtshoorn in the Ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.

Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Leadership 4 See also 5 Source

[edit] History

• August 3, 1874: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Cape of Good Hope, Central District from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Western District
• June 13, 1939: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Oudtshoorn
• December 9, 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oudtshoorn

January 11, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Oudtshoorn

[edit] Special churches

• The cathedral is St. Saviour’s Cathedral in Oudtshoorn.

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Oudtshoorn (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Edward Robert Adams (since 1983.05.02)
  • Bishop Manfred Gottschalk, S.A.C. (1969.03.06 – 1982.04.20)
  • Bishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. (1951.01.11 – 1968.10.02)
• Vicars Apostolic of Oudtshoorn (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. (1948.12.09 – 1951.01.11)
• Prefects Apostolic of Oudtshoorn (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Teodoro Koenig, S.A.C. (1939.06.13 – 1947)
• Prefects Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Teodoro Koenig, S.A.C. (1934.01.12 – 1939.06.13)
  • Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C. (1922.06.26 – 1933.06.30)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in South Africa

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy