Fr. Marie Joseph, ocd, of Karnataka Goa Province, has been appointed Episcopal Vicar for Religious Life in the Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa. He will also be a member of the College of Consultants. We congratulate Fr. Marie Joseph and send him our best wishes with our prayers.
The Archdiocese of Cape Town began as the Apostolic Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope in 1818 and was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese in 1951, having as suffragan dioceses Aliwal, De Aar, Oudtshoorm, Porth Elizabeth and Queenstown. The mission of the Discalced Carmelites in South Africa is in the care of Karnataka Goa Province (India).
