Diocese of Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoornen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oudtshoorn, South Africa
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1951
- Latin
- Oudtshoornen(sis)
- Patron
- Santísima Virgen María del Inmaculado Corazón
- Annuario code
- 001002493
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,000
- Population
- 997,920
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.6%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 1,565
- Extent
- 113,343 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Noel Andrew Rucastle
- Born
- 22 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Kimberley
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Cape Town
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cape Town.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cape TownCape Town
- Diocese of AliwalAliwal
- Diocese of De AarDe Aar
- Diocese of Port ElizabethPort Elizabeth
- Diocese of QueenstownQueenstown
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.