Welcome to the Archdiocese of Cape Town

Cape Town is commonly known as the Mother City of South Africa, and is the first ecclesiastical territory to be established in Southern Africa (1818). You are most welcome to this website. It is hoped that it will inform you and provide you with any information you may require regarding this segment of the Catholic Church.
We also provide links to other websites which might interest you. If you require any information not included here, email us and we will do what we can to help.
If you have discovered this page by accident, you are especially welcome and we hope you will find it of some value and maybe help you to understand how the Catholic Church in Cape Town is trying to serve the community and so bring it closer to the Lord.

 

News & Events

Liturgical Calendar

The Catholic Bookshop is selling the Liturgical Calendar for next year, 2027. The Calendar contains all the readings and liturgical colours for the year, beginning on 1st January and ending 31st December 2027, including feasts and memorials for the Dioceses of South Africa, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe and the Four week Psalter for […]

World Day of Migrants and Refugees

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has sent the following link, which contains the   Message of Pope Leo XIV for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees “Even just one of these children” 2026 (WDMR),   This day will be celebrated on Sunday 27 September,   With this link, you will also […]

Livestream Broadcasts

The VIGIL MASS of our beloved Father Nkululeko Qokolo will take place on Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 19h00 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Corner of Rhos and Welgemeend Street, Eikenbosch Cape Town | South Africa A LIVE BROADCAST will also be available on YouTube: Broadcast Opens: 18h50 and Mass Starts: 19h00 https://youtube.com/live/TIXJ056WRz8?feature=share                                                         ***** […]

Funeral Announcement Fr Nkululeko Qokolo

Dear Fathers, Sisters and Brothers in Christ Please receive this announcement from Archbhisop Sipuka regarding the funeral arrangements for Fr Nkululeko Qokolo. Please note the following addendum to the Archbishop’s Funeral Announcement Kindly be informed that the mortal remains of Fr Nkululeko Qokolo will arrive at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Bellville at 6 […]

Fr Nkululeko Qokolo

Please receive this letter of condolences to the parishioners of Fr Nkululeko, from Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka and Bishop Sylvester David OMI. Bishops’ Condolences to Parishioners of Fr. Qokolo

Forgiveness not mathematical before God’s abundant mercy

Posted on the Imbisa website by Fr. Motankane Mahlako, South Africa Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time Introduction The readings remind us that we have received God’s abundant mercy and therefore have a duty to forgive, even though we might not forget. We are to refuse to allow hurt to control our lives. […]

Fr Nkululeko Qokolo RIP

The Archdiocese of Cape Town mourns the sudden passing of Fr Nkululeko Qokolo: 23/08/1979–11/09/2026. Please receive this notice from Bishop Sylvester David OMI.

Season of Creation

Just a reminder of the various events taking place during the Season of Creation in our Archdiocese. The full list of events are here:  https://sites.google.com/view/cape-town-living-water or (scan the QR code in the poster with your mobile device)  

A Newsletter and a Reflection from Archbishop Sipuka

Attached here is Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka’s August Newsletter, as well as a Pastoral Reflection titled The Many Layers of a Crisis: A Reflection on Violence Against African Foreign Nationals and its Deeper Causes Newsletter August 2026 Reflection on Afrophobia

Our Mission Newsletter

Please find a copy of Our Mission Newsletter for the 1st Quarter of 2026 from the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Our Mission 1st Quarter 2026