The Katholische Gemeinde Kapstadt is supported by the German Bishops' Conference (Deutsche Bischofskonferenz) who also appoints our local pastoral workers; however, we are also part of the Archdiocese of Cape Town. 

Archbishop

Stephen Brislin is the current Archbishop of Cape Town. He began his service on 2. Febuary, 2010. His predecessor was the late Lawrence Patrick Henry, who was Archbishop between 1990 until his retirement in 2010.

Contacts

Website:               www.adct.org.za

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Tel.                       +27 (0) 21 462 2417

Fax.                      +27 (0) 21 461 9330

Address:               Cathedral Place, 12 Bouquet Street, Cape Town, 8001

Postal Address:   PO Box 2910, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa

A brief 200 years History

In June 2017 began the launch of the Bi- centennial Year.

In June 2018 Catholics in Southern Africa will celebrate the bi-centenary of the establishment of the Catholic Church in the region of Southern Africa.

From the time of the discovery of the Cape, ecclesiastical jurisdiction over it belonged to the Portuguese mission under the authority of the king of Portugal. After the establishment of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape in 1652, the practice of the Catholic religion was de facto prohibited.

With the admission of the Catholic Church by the colonial authorities in 1805 and after clarifying difficulties with the Holy See, Pope Pius VII established the Vicariate Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope in 1818, which included the nearby regions to the East and North.

On 11 January 1951 Pope Pius XII established by Papal Bull the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy in the Union of South Africa and set up the New Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Town, it includes the Archdiocese of Cape Town and the suffragan sees of Aliwal, Oudtshoorn, Port Elizabeth, Queenstown and De Aar.

Currently the Katholische Gemeinde Kapstadt is one of 11 migrant communities in the Cape. Currently we are vacant and are led by the parish council, the finance committee and pastoral worker. We endeavor to work with the Archdiocese of Cape Town.

Link to the webpage of the Archdiocese of Cape Town: www.adct.org.za

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CAPE TOWN

• Archdiocese: www.adct.org.za
• Nazareth House Cape Town: www.nazhouse.org.za
• Catholic Bookshop, Cape Town: catholicbookshop.co.za
• Kolping, Capw Town: kolpingguesthouse.co.za
• Deutsche Schule Kapstadt: www.dsk.co.za
• German Consulate General Cape Town: www.kapstadt.diplo.de
• Austrian Consulate General Cape Town: https://embassy-finder.com/de/austria_in_south-africa
• Swiss Consulate General Cape Town: www.eda.admin.ch/countries/south-africa/de/home/vertretungen/generalkonsulat.html
• German Chamber of Commerce: www.suedafrika.ahk.de

SOUTH AFRICA    

• South African Catholic Bishops Conference: www.sacbc.org.za
• Katholische Gemeinde Kapstadt Johannesburg : www.safrika.org/kathol_de.html
• Katholische Gemeinde Kapstadt Durban: Telefon +27 (0)31 700 3413
• The Southern African Catholic Bishops‚ Conference [SACBC]
• The Catholic Theological Society of Southern Africa [CATSSA]
• South African Association of Catholic Tertiary Students: ACTS [Faith in Action]
• International Movement „We are all Church“: [South African Branch WAACSA]
• Cape Town Bible College
• Augustine College of South Africa, Johannesburg
• Joseph’s Theological Institute, South Africa
• The Jesuit Institute, South Africa
• Comboni-Missionare in Südafrika: Provinzialat Johannesburg
• Mariannhill Missionary Monasteryand Convent
• Southern Cross: South African Catholic Newspaper
• Radio Veritas: South African Catholic Radio Station
• Radio Vatican: de.ratiovaticana.va

GERMANY

• German Foreign Secretariat of the German Bishop Conference - Katholisches Auslandssekretariat der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz
• Catholic News Agency: www.kna.de

INTERNATIONAL

• CRUX– News Portal „covering all things Catholic“
• Political Catholicism
• AT– Katholische Kirche in Österreich
• Kathweb.AT – Katholische Presseagentur, Österreich
• www.kath.de - Katholische Nachrichten Website
• Factum.CH – das christliche Magazin zum besseren Verständnis unserer Zeit
• Catholic News Service CNS
• National Catholic Reporter[USA]
• Taizé
• The Tablet[GB]
• Vatikanische Nuntiaturen[weltweit]
• Radio Vatikan[in deutscher Sprache]
• Webseite des Vatikan[in deutscher Sprache]
• L‘Osservatore Romano in deutscher Sprache[offizielle Vatikan-Zeitung]
• ZENIT– internationale katholische Nachrichten [in deutscher Sprache]Formularende

The Katholische Gemeinde Kapstadt serves the German speaking Catholics of the Cape including German speaking residents, emigrants, expats, tourist, students, volunteers and ‘swallows’ (resident – living seasonally in the Cape).

For everyone we would like to provide a welcoming and vibrant community.

We aim to give the practicing Christians a spiritual home. Members can receive the sacraments, children can be baptized, receive their First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Most importantly, we celebrate traditional & cultural customs and celebrate the ecumenical spirit.

Our social responsibility lies with individual projects as well as with HOPE Cape Town and the AFTERCARE Centre Manenberg.

Katholische Gemeinde Kapstadt

OFFICE HOURS: Mo., We., Fr. 09h00 - 12h00

OFFICE TELEFON: 087 7011 646 or 076 800 6092

Community-Centre:     Mediterranean Villa, 21 Brownlow Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town

                                           (Degree of Latitude: S 33 ° 55 ' 43.363 " | Degree of Longitude: O 18 ° 24 ' 15.602 ")

Church Address:           Nazareth House, 1 Derry Street, Vredehoek, Cape Town 

                                           (Degree of Latitude: S 33 ° 56 ' 13.401 " | Degree of Longitude: O 18 ° 25 ' 30.925 ")

Petra Schindler (Pastoral Worker/Educator) 

Tel: +27 (0) 76 800 6092

Renate Blank (Secretary) 

Tel: +27 (0) 73 925 3650

The Katholische Gemeinde Kapstadt is the community for all German-speaking Catholics (German, Austrian, Swiss and Namibian) living in the area of ​​the Archdiocese of Cape Town. We are fortunate to count many South Africans to our congregation. We are a branch of the German Catholic Bishops Conference, its Foreign Secretariat, KAS.

Our faith is based on the triune God. We cater for the religious needs of our community and welcome all tourists who would like to take part in our church services and activities.

Our parish council, finance committee and the pastoral worker strive to develop and plan activities to stabilize and grow the community.

The center focus of pastoral work is celebrating the Sunday Mass (live and via Zoom) and developing our community.

We offer ecumenical services and educational talks, prepare children for the sacraments, as well as one-on-one counseling.

Our outreach projects survive from the support by local businesses as well as generous donation from individuals here and overseas.

Please do have a look at our monthly Newsletter: You will find references to planned worship services, events and other relevant information from our church.

Our congregation is financially supported by the foreign secretariat of the German bishops' conference. In future we will greatly rely on generous donations and the weekly  collection held during the Sunday service. We thank all who support us with their contributions.

We are looking forward to your visit, your suggestions and participation – together we are the church.