Archbishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka

Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Apr 1960		Born
17 Dec 1988	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Queenstown, South Africa
8 Feb 2008	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
3 May 2008	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
9 Jan 2026	65.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Sithembele Anton Sipuka
Archbishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka
(born 27 Apr 1960)
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Idutywa, Diocese of Queenstown
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Zingisa Highschool, Mthatha, Diocese of Umtata

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Cape Town {Kaapstad}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer †
Bishop Emeritus of Umtata
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.
Bishop of Witbank
Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. †
Bishop of Queenstown

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Oswald Georg Hirmer † (1997)
Bishop Emeritus of Umtata
Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako (2011)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 76078857
WikiData: Q1247413

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Number 15,736
ab: Bollettino, 9 Jan 2026

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