DIOCESIS OUDTSHOORNENSIS
A DIOCESE OF THE LATIN ROMAN RITE
Ecclesiastical Territory
Erected as a Diocese 1951
Tel: +27 44 279 1715
Email: curia@oudtshoornensis.com
or
oudtshoornensis@gmail.com
Our Diocese
The Ecclesiastical Territory that
constitutes the Diocese
Our Bishop
The shepherd of our Diocese
Our Cathedral
The heart and mother church of our Diocese
RECENT NEWS | ONLANGSE NUUS
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Pous Leo ten tye van die 1,700ste herdenking van die Geloofsbelydenis van Nicea-Konstantinopel
Op die vooraand van sy Apostoliese Reis na Türkiye het Pous Leo op Sondag, 23 November, ‘n Apostoliese Brief, getiteld In unitate fidei, uitgevaardig waar, in 12 punte opgebreek, hy… Read more →
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Herfsjaar-jaareindete te St Saviour
Vir solank hierdie verslaggewer kan onthou het Adrianna en Mike Robinson en hulle getrou medewerkers, nog elke jaar op eie onkoste en met die hulp van skenkings, die bejaardes van… Read more →
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Annual clergy retreat
From across the Diocese, a large percentage of clergy present and working in our three Deaneries, gathered at Bethany Cappuchin Adoration Convent in Swellendam for a week of prayer and… Read more →
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Deanery Pastoral Councils meet
Across the Diocese, the three Deanery Pastoral Councils met today to devolve matters arrising from the recent Diocesan Pastoral Council. Read more →
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Cardinal who?
Jy beskou jouself as redelik ingehaak met die wel en wee van die Suider-Afrikaanse Katoliieke Kerk. Jy is definitief bewus van die feit dat ons ‘n relatiewe nuwe kardinaal in… Read more →
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The Diocesan Pastoral Council
Saterdag, 8 November, het die laaste Bisdomlike Pastoraleraad Vergadering by St Saviour’s in Oudtshoorn plaasgevind. Verteenwoordigers van die 3 Dekanate asook die Sodaliteite, Gemeenskappe en Groepe wat in die Bisdom… Read more →
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Exceptionally important teachings across time and cultures
On 28 September 2025, during the Jubilee of Catechists Mass, Pope Leo XIV confirmed that Saint John Henry Newmn would receive the honour of being proclaimed a Doctor of the… Read more →
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Drawing New Maps of Hope – An Apostolic Letter
Reflecting on the millions of children who still lack access to basic education, and on the educational crises caused by war, migration, inequality, and poverty, Pope Leo asks how Christian… Read more →
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Not a mere coincidence, but a sign & proof that God can write beauty even in the ashes of history
A wedding in the flowerbed of faith took place on Saturday, October 25, 2025, under the soaring vaults of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. With special permission from Archbishop Laurent… Read more →
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Couples, Enrichment and Celebration
The Diocesan Family Life Team’s coordinating couple, Kenneth and Lynette Williams, facilitated the International Retrouvaille Global Enrichment Celebration in George over the weekend of 25/26 October. They were joined by… Read more →