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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Elections 2024 Verkiesings
Oudtshoorn, 12 February 2024 – The Bishops of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) issued A PASTORAL LETTER FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS (copy below). The Bishops… Read more →
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Pope Francis challenges us all, and our society, group and fraternity members too: Less words, more concrete action in reaching out to the suffering
Oudtshoorn, 12 February 2024: Yesterday, during the Sunday Angelus marking the 32nd World Day of the Sick , Pope Francis invited the faithful to listen and reach out to the… Read more →
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Women religious get to spend some quality time with their bishop
Oudtshoorn, 11 February 2024:: Forty days after Christmas the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple, and on this special day attention is drawn… Read more →
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Pope Francis reminds us that everyone must combat human trafficking and not ever be complicit
Oudtshoorn, 9 February 2024 – Pope Francis released his message for the 10th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Traffickin which was celebrated on 8 February, and urges society… Read more →
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An Impersonal Diocesan Coat-of-Arms
Oudtshoorn, 31 January 2024: As of 1 February 2024 the Diocese of Oudtshoorn, an ecclesiastical territory of the Latin Rite Roman Catholic Church, will display and use its own unique… Read more →
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Pope Francis warns that Greed is a sickness of the heart and not of the wallet
Oudtshoorn, 26 January 2024: During his general audience on Wednesday, 24 January, Pope Francis focused on the vice of greed, or avarice, saying that the prevelant preoccupation with the accumulation… Read more →
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Pope Francis recalls ‘the primary reason’ for the new edition of YouCat
Oudtshoorn, 25 January 2024: In a letter accompanying the new edition of YouCat, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, written for adolescents and young people, the Pope begins by saying that “Love… Read more →
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Pope Francis announces a Year of Prayer to prepare for the Jubilee Year 2025
Oudtshoorn, 24 January 2024: Pope Francis announced the start of a Year of Prayer this past Sunday, in preparation for the 2025. The pope announced the Year of Prayer from… Read more →
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The Vincentian Congregation is coming to our Diocese
Oudtshoorn, 19 January 2024: It is official. The Provincial Superior, Rev. Fr. Mathew Kakkattupillil VC, on behalf of the St. Joseph Province of the Vincentian Congregation, with its motherhouse in… Read more →
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Sondag van die Woord van God in die Kategese-maand
Oordenkings vir die Sondae van die Kategese-maand en ook vir Sondag van die Woord van God. Read more →