South Africa

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
28 May 2010	76.0	Retired	Edward Robert Adams	Bishop of Oudtshoorn	Bishop Emeritus
28 May 2010	59.0	Appointed	Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia	Bishop of Oudtshoorn
17 Jul 2010	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia	Bishop of Oudtshoorn
23 Dec 2010	55.8	Appointed	Abel Gabuza	Bishop of Kimberley
	67.3	Appointed	William Slattery, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Pretoria
	67.3	Appointed	William Slattery, O.F.M.	Bishop of South Africa, Military	Archbishop of Pretoria
30 Jan 2011	67.4	Installed	William Slattery, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Pretoria
5 Mar 2011	81.0	Died	Oswald Georg Hirmer †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata
19 Mar 2011	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Abel Gabuza	Bishop of Kimberley
1 Apr 2011	59.2	Appointed	Peter Holiday	Bishop of Kroonstad
23 May 2011	51.7	Appointed	Dabula Anthony Mpako	Bishop of Queenstown
25 Jun 2011	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Peter Holiday	Bishop of Kroonstad
6 Aug 2011	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Dabula Anthony Mpako	Bishop of Queenstown
20 Aug 2011	72.3	Resigned	Michael Gower Coleman †	Bishop of Port Elizabeth	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep 2011	81.8	Died	Andrew Zolile T. Brook †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata
15 Oct 2011	61.4	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
7 Dec 2011	76.6	Retired	Luc Julian Matthys	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec 2011	73.8	Resigned	Mogale Paul Nkhumishe †	Bishop of Polokwane	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec 2011	72.7	Died	Michael Gower Coleman †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth
5 Jan 2012	73.8	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
31 Jan 2012	90.9	Died	Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal
18 Feb 2012	73.9	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
18 Feb 2012	73.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
10 Mar 2012	68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
	68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
	68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
	68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
17 Mar 2012	68.6	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
22 Apr 2012	74.1	Installed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
29 Jun 2012	74.3	Died	Mogale Paul Nkhumishe †	Bishop Emeritus of Polokwane
23 Sep 2012	83.5	Died	Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dundee
28 Oct 2012	90.7	Died	Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
13 Mar 2013	74.0	Died	Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu †	Bishop Emeritus of Umzimkulu
26 Apr 2013	71.9	Resigned	Zithulele Patrick Mvemve	Bishop of Klerksdorp	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr 2013	65.3	Appointed	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Klerksdorp	Archbishop of Johannesburg
6 May 2013	56.2	Appointed	Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I.	Bishop of Kokstad