Military Ordinariate of the South African Defence Force information
Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in South Africa
Military Ordinariate of South Africa
Ordinariatus Militaris Africa Australis
Location
Country
South Africa
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Latin Rite
Established
17 May 1951 (73 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Archbishop
Dabula Anthony Mpako
The Military Ordinariate of the South African (National) Defence Force (or of South Africa) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church to provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the South African National Defence Force and their families.
It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. Since its inception, it has been held by the Metropolitan Archbishops of South Africa's national capital Pretoria (where it is headquartered) and has no proper episcopal see of its own.
As per 2014, it comprises a single parish and only eight 'diocesan' (secular) priests. The current incumbent is the Metropolita Dabula Anthony Mpako, since 30 April 2019.[1]
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