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Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
31 Jul 1924 Bishop Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I.Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp
22 Jan 1929 Bishop Fritz LobingerBishop Emeritus of Aliwal
16 May 1931 Archbishop Blasco Francisco CollaçoApostolic Nuncio
23 Apr 1933 Archbishop George Francis DanielArchbishop Emeritus of Pretoria
13 May 1933 Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I.Bishop Emeritus of De Aar
24 May 1934 Bishop Edward Robert AdamsBishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn
29 Mar 1938 Manuel Cardinal Monteiro de CastroMajor Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Roman Curia
8 Mar 1941 Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M.Archbishop Emeritus of Durban
6 Sep 1943 Archbishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M.Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria
27 Jan 1944 Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein
14 Feb 1944 Bishop Kevin Patrick Dowling, C.Ss.R.Bishop Emeritus of Rustenburg
5 Feb 1947 Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria
Youngest
13 Feb 1973 Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M.Bishop of Kokstad
14 Mar 1972 Bishop Robert Mogapi MphiweBishop of Rustenburg
13 Jan 1972 Bishop Masilo John SelemelaAuxiliary Bishop of Pretoria
24 Sep 1970 Abbot Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist.Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
1 Jan 1969 Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław JagodzińskiApostolic Nuncio to South Africa
22 Apr 1968 Bishop Noel Andrew RucastleBishop of Oudtshoorn
2 Jul 1967 Bishop Joseph Mary KizitoBishop of Aliwal
21 Aug 1966 Bishop Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I.Bishop of Mariannhill
28 Apr 1966 Bishop Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M.Bishop of Port Elizabeth
17 May 1965 Bishop Vusumuzi Francis Mazibuko, O.M.I.Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma
15 Apr 1964 Bishop Duncan Theodore TsokeBishop of Kimberley
24 Dec 1963 Bishop Elias Kwenzakufani ZondiAuxiliary Bishop of Durban

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