Stephen Naidoo
Catholic bishop
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchbishop of Cape Town
SeeCape Town
In office20 October 1984 - 1 July 1989
His Excellency Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R. | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Cape Town | |
Naidoo in 1987 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archbishop of Cape Town |
| See | Cape Town |
| In office | 20 October 1984 - 1 July 1989 |
| Predecessor | Owen McCann |
| Previous posts | Monastery priest, teacher |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1961 |
| Consecration | 15 September 1974 by Owen McCann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1937 |
| Died | 1 July 1989 (aged 51) |
| Nationality |  South African |
| Education | Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Coat of arms |  |
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.
