Stephen Naidoo
Appearance
His Excellency Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R. | |
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Archbishop of Cape Town | |
![]() Naidoo in 1987 | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Archbishop of Cape Town |
See | Cape Town |
In office | 20 October 1984 - 1 July 1989 |
Predecessor | Owen McCann |
Previous post(s) | Monastery priest, teacher |
Orders | |
Ordination | 29 June 1961 |
Consecration | 15 September 1974 by Owen McCann |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 October 1937 |
Died | 1 July 1989 Cape Town | (aged 51)
Nationality | ![]() |
Education | Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R. (29 October 1937 – 1 July 1989), was a South African Redemptorist and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop of Cape Town from 1984 to 1989.[1]
Biography
Born in 1937 in Cape Town in an Indian immigrated family,[2] Naidoo was ordained Redemptorist priest in 1961 and graduated at Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Consecrated auxiliary-bishop of Cape Town on 15 September 1974, he became archbishop on 20 October 1984. In 1988 he was imprisoned because of his ideas against apartheid.[3]
He died on 1 July 1989.
References
- ^ "Stephen Naidoo, African Prelate, Dies at 51". The New York Times. Reuters. 2 July 1989. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Naidoo, Stephen". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "The Most Rev. Stephen Naidoo, 51". Orlando Sentinel. 3 July 1989. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.