Diocese of Port Elizabeth, South Africa 🇿🇦

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Port Elizabeth / Portus Elizabethen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cape Town

Neighbouring Dioceses: Oudtshoorn (←), De Aar (↑), Queenstown (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt, Saint Patrick

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1847.07.30: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District / Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale (Italiano) / Districtus Orientalis Promontorii Bonæ Spei (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and Saint Helena Island)
1850.11.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Natal
1886.06.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Orange Free State
1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Gariep
1929.02.20: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Queenstown
1939.06.13: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Port Elizabeth / Portus Elizabethen(sis) (Latin)
1951.01.11: Promoted as Diocese of Port Elizabeth / Portus Elizabethen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Cape Town)

Contact Info

Address: 10 Park Lane Central, Port Elizabeth 6001, South Africa

Phone: (041) 373 2854

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.02.02 – ...):

Bishop Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M. (60)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Port Elizabeth (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M. (60)
(2014.02.02 – ...)

Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Ut unum sint / Eenwees in ons / Mababe banye kuthi / May they be one in us

Born:	1966.04.28 (Mbongolwane, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1995.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.06.28

Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (2014.02.02 – ...)

Msgr. James Brendan Deenihan
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.08.20 – 2014.02.02)

Bishop Michael Gower Coleman
(1986.03.21 – 2011.08.20)

Pasce oves meas

Born:	1939.04.19 (Mafeking, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.06.22
Died:	2011.12.17 († 72)

Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1986.03.21 – 2011.08.20)

Bishop John Patrick Murphy
(1972.05.06 – 1986.03.21)

Born:	1909.07.26 (Belmullet, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1934.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.08.28
Died:	1997.09.18 († 88)

Priest of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1934.06.03 – 1972.05.06)

Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1972.05.06 – 1986.03.21)

Bishop Ernest Arthur Green
(1955.04.19 – 1970.12.27)

Born:	1915.05.11 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1941.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.06.29
Died:	1988.03.21 († 72)

Priest of Cape Town (South Africa) (1941.02.24 – 1955.04.19)

Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1955.04.19 – 1970.12.27)

Bishop Hugh Boyle
(1951.01.11 – 1954.07.18)

Born:	1897.12.13 (Dunloy, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.02.02
Died:	1986.12.04 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Bagai (1948.12.09 – 1951.01.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1948.12.09 – 1951.01.11)

Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1954.07.18)

Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1954.07.18 – 1976.01.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Port Elizabeth (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hugh Boyle
(1948.12.09 – 1951.01.11)

(see above)

Bishop James Colbert
(1939.06.13 – 1948.12.09)

Born:	1898.04.19 (Cork, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1921.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.10.29
Died:	1955.01.08 († 56)

Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1939.06.13 – 1948.12.09)

Titular Bishop of Olbia (1939.06.13 – 1955.01.08)

Vicars Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hugh McSherry (later Archbishop)
(1896.10.01 – 1938.12.15)

Born:	1852.02.01 (Loughgilly, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1875
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.08.02
Died:	1940.04.19 († 88)

Priest of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1875 – 1896.06.02)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (South Africa) (1896.06.02 – 1896.10.01)

Titular Bishop of Giustinianopolis in Galatia (1896.06.02 – 1938.12.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (South Africa) (1896.10.01 – 1938.12.15)

Titular Archbishop of Amorium (1938.12.15 – 1940.04.19)

Bishop Peter Strobino
(1893.11.30 – 1896.10.01)

Born:	1856.01.03 (Mosso Santa Maria, Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1891.11.01
Died:	1896.10.01 († 40)

Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis (1891.06.19 – 1893.11.30)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (South Africa) (1891.06.19 – 1893.11.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (South Africa) (1893.11.30 – 1896.10.01)

Bishop James David Richards
(1871.01.13 – 1893.11.30)

Born:	1828.01.10 (Wexford, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1871.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.06.18
Died:	1893.11.30 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Rhithymna (1871.01.13 – 1893.11.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (South Africa) (1871.01.13 – 1893.11.30)

Bishop Patrick Moran
(1856.02.19 – 1869.12.03)

Born:	1826.05.24 (Carlingford, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1847
Consecrated Bishop:	1856.03.30
Died:	1895.05.22 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Dardanus (1856.02.19 – 1869.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (South Africa) (1856.02.19 – 1869.12.03)

Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand) (1869.12.03 – 1895.05.22)

Bishop Aidan Devereux
(1847.07.30 – 1854.02.11)

Born:	1801? (Ferns, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1827?
Consecrated Bishop:	1847.12.27
Died:	1854.02.11 († 52)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District (South Africa) (1847.07.30 – 1854.02.11)

Titular Bishop of Paneade (1847.08.03 – 1854.02.11)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Hugh McSherry (later Archbishop) (1896.06.02 – 1896.10.01)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Peter Strobino (1891.06.19 – 1893.11.30)

Diocese of

Port Elizabeth

South Africa