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Catholic bishop

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
Cape Town
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.

Biography

Born in 1937 in Cape Town in an Indian immigrated family, 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.

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.


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