Stephen Naidoo

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His Excellency

Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Cape Town
Naidoo in 1987
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchbishop of Cape Town
SeeCape Town
In office20 October 1984 - 1 July 1989
PredecessorOwen McCann
Previous post(s)Monastery priest, teacher
Orders
Ordination29 June 1961
Consecration15 September 1974
by Owen McCann
Personal details
Born23 October 1937
Died1 July 1989(1989-07-01) (aged 51)
Cape Town
Nationality South African
EducationPontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Coat of armsStephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R.'s 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

  1. ^ "Stephen Naidoo, African Prelate, Dies at 51". The New York Times. Reuters. 2 July 1989. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Naidoo, Stephen". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ "The Most Rev. Stephen Naidoo, 51". Orlando Sentinel. 3 July 1989. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.