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The Archdiocese of Cape Town has a rich history that dates back to its establishment as the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope (and adjacent territories) on June 18, 1818, by Pope Pius VII. It was formed by splitting off territories from the then- Territorial Prelature of Mozambique and the Diocese of Tomé.
The St. Mary's Cathedral [1] [2] more formally known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flight into Egypt, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town, located in the City Bowl of Cape Town, South Africa. [3] [4] in South Africa. It lies in Stalpein directly opposite the Houses of Parliament.
The Catholic Church in South Africa consists of five Archdioceses (Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Pretoria), 22 Dioceses, 2 Vicariates Apostolic and a Military Ordinariate. The five Ecclesiastical provinces are— Bloemfontein. Leadership: Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani S.C.J., appointed 1 April 2020
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown (Latin: Queenstovnen(sis)) is a diocese located in the town of Queenstown in the ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa. History [ edit ]
The St. James Church is a Roman Catholic parish and church, located in St James, Cape Town, South Africa. The large church building was built in c. 1900 . [ 1 ]
The Catholic hierarchy of South Africa is entirely Latin, composed of five ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of 20 suffragan South African dioceses and an exempt pre-diocesan apostolic vicariate, as well as three suffragans (two dioceses, one apostolic vicariate) from below-mentioned neighbor states (fellow former British colonies).
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] Cape Town is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.