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.

The see of the Archdiocese of Cape Town is currently vacant.

We have a dedicated website for Jubilee Year 2025. Please visit it by following the link below:

 

News & Events

Sunday Mass by Archbishop Brislin

Archbishop Stephen Brislin, ably assisted by Fr Manuel Fernandes SAC, parish priest of Corpus Christi, Wynberg celebrated a live-streamed Sunday Mass (4th Sunday of Lent) in his home chapel at 17.00 on Saturday 21 March 2020. The Mass was live-streamed to the Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town Facebook page HERE. It is also on the […]

Sunday Mass by Archbishop Brislin

Please spread as widely as possible, especially on social media, that Archbishop Stephen Brislin’s pre-recorded Mass can be viewed on Sunday 22 March 2020 at 09h00. He invites the faithful to join him online at www.adct.org.za. The Mass can also be viewed on our Archdiocesan Facebook page www.facebook.com/archdiocesecapetown/ While visiting our website please subscribe to […]

The Southern Cross

We are forwarding this appeal from the Southern Cross, who will be badly affected if parishioners can’t get their copy while Masses are cancelled. 18 March 2020 Dear Father/Sister/Sir/Madam/Distributor This is probably the last thing on your mind right now — but the survival of The Southern Cross depends on your support and help while […]

A Spiritual Communion Service in the Home

The Archdiocese of Cape Town has issued this downloadable Spiritual Communion Service for use in the home, adapted from Vatican News. Please circulate and share as widely as possible.

CPLO Unpacks the 2020 Budget Speech

South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, in his Budget Speech on 26 February, brought some relief, a few surprises, and indications that the government is finally prepared to put the brakes on unproductive public spending. Mike Pothier, the programme manager for the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO), assesses some of the reassuring signs and areas […]

Homily by SACBC President

“Lead the people of God to a genuine worship and encounter with the true God”. Episcopal Ordination of Mgr Joseph KizitoAliwal North, 15 February 2020Homily by Bishop Sithembele Sipuka, Bishop of Mthatha and SACBC President. 15th February 2020. Mgr Kizito, today as you get ordained one theme that suggests itself from today’s readings is worship, […]