Johannesburg, 28 October, 2024 / 9:33 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has transferred Stephen Cardinal Brislin, who has been at the helm of Cape Town Catholic Archdiocese in South Africa to the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg.
In the latest administrative changes in the Southern African nation that the Holy See press office made public on Monday, October 28, the Holy Father also accepted the retirement of Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale.
Archbishop Buti, who turned 75 in December 2022 has shepherded the people of God in Johannesburg Archdiocese since his installation in June 2003 following his transfer from South Africa’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein, where he started his Episcopal Ministry in April 1999.
In a letter addressed to the people of God in Johannesburg Archdiocese, Archbishop Buti “warmly” welcomes his successor “with open arms”.
In the letter dated October 28, the South African Catholic Archbishop says that Cardinal Brislin is to set the date for his installation and that the date he sets “will be duly communicated to the entire Archdiocese.”
