The Catholic Internet- and E-Mail-Directory of Southern Africa

CIDSA
(unofficial)

This directory is a private initiative by
Father Gérard T. Lagleder O.S.B.

E-Mail: webmaster cidsa.org

Urgent
request:

The web servant of this directory
can not

  • search for people, addresses, church registers or long lost contacts
  • do any genealogical research for you
  • issue baptismal or any other certificates
  • tell you the schedule of services of any parish
  • arrange weddings or baptisms etc.

Please
contact the parish, diocese or bishops' conference directly or try South Africa's White Pages

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all who have submitted information for this directory.
A special vote of thanks is due to
Father Dieter Gahlen CMM (R.I.P.), Mr. Matthew Charlesworth, Mr. Noel Bruyns, Bishop Reginald Cawcutt, Mr. Edgar W Abraham and the Southern Cross.

Did you know?

The Roman Catholic Church with its 3,372,493 members is  the second biggest Christian denomination in South Africa according to the South African Census 1996.
[Dutch Reformed Church 3.5 million, Methodist churches 2.7 million, Anglican Church 1.4 million, Lutheran Church 1 million, Presbyterian churches 0.6 million, Baptist churches 0.2 million]

According to the census of 1996 there were 31 bishops, 1164 priests, 191 deacons, 215 male and 494 female members of religious orders and congregations, 3,373,493 Catholics living in Southern Africa.

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This page has been launched on 22 March 1997 and was last updated on Saturday, 22 September 2007 14:52:09

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