Oudtshoorn, 15 April 2026 – The Xhosa Pastoral Region (PCXR), one of the pastoral regions within the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) was established to serve the Xhosa-speaking Catholic communities in South Africa, particularly in the Eastern Cape. The region is not a diocese in itself but rather a pastoral structure that coordinates ministry, evangelization, and pastoral care among the Xhosa people, who have a rich cultural and linguistic heritage.
Members of the Region gathered in Gqeberha, in the Diocese of Port Elizabeth on Monday and Tuesday, to attend to the work of the Region which includes matters of integration of the Catholic faith with tradition, music and liturgy as well as evangelisation, catechesis and translation which ensures accessibility and a deeper understanding of the faith for the isiXhosa speaking Catholic faithful.
The Region is made up of the Ordinaries of:
The Diocese of Aliwal North – Bishop Joseph Kizito
The Archdiocese of Cape Town – Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka
The Diocese of De Aar – Bishop Adam Musialek SCI
The Diocese of Kokstad – Bishop Thulani Mbuyisa CMM
The Diocese of Mthatha – Representedy by the Diocesan Administrator, Bishop Mbuyisa CMM
The Diocese of Oudtshoorn – Bishop Noel Rucastle
The Diocese of Port Elizabeth – Bishop Vincent Zungu OFM
The Diocese of Queenstown – Bishop Siphiwo Vanqa SAC
Bishop Thulani Mbuyisa CMM acts as the interim chairperson until a new bishop for Diocese of Mthatha has been appointed. The Vice-chairperson is Bishop Siphiwo Vanqa SAC from the The Diocese of Queenstow, assisted by two secretaries; Sr Margaret Mary SU from Mthatha and Fr. Mlulami Matiwane of Aliwal North.
Die Xhosa Pastorale Streek, een van die pastorale streke binne die Suid-Afrikaanse Katolieke Biskoppekonferensie (SACBC), is ingestel om die Xhosa-sprekende Katolieke gemeenskappe veral in die Oos-Kaap in Suid-Afrika te bedien. Die streek is nie self ’n bisdom nie, maar eerder ’n pastorale struktuur wat bediening, evangelisasie en pastorale sorg onder die Xhosa-volk koördineer, wie oor ’n ryk kulturele en taalkundige erfenis beskik.
Lede van die Streek het in Gqeberha, in die Bisdom Port Elizabeth, bymekaargekom om die werk van die Streek te behartig. Dit sluit sake in soos die integrasie van die Katolieke geloof met tradisie, musiek en liturgie, sowel as evangelisasie, kategese en vertaling, wat toeganklikheid en ’n dieper verstaan van die geloof vir die isiXhosa-sprekende Katolieke gelowiges verseker.
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