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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town ((ラテン語:Archidioecesis Civitatis Capitis)) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in in the south-western part of South Africa. The archdiocese's motherchurch and its archbishop's see is the cathedral of St. Mary of the Flight into Egypt, whois also the archbishopric's patron feast. The archdiocese is headed by the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Reverend Archbishop Stephen Brislin. the Archbishop-elect of Cape Town was Stephen Brislin, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 December 2009. He succeeded Archbishop Emeritus Lawrence Patrick Henry. == History == It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope (and adjacent territories) on 18 June 1818 by Pope Pius VII, on territories split off from the then Territorial Prelature of Mozambique and Diocese of Tomé. On 4 April 1819, it gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of New Holland. It repeatedly lost territory, to establish: in 1834 the Apostolic Vicariate of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land and again on 6 June 1837 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Mauritius. It was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Western District on 30 July 1847, losing territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District. On 3 August 1874, it lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Cape of Good Hope, Central District. It was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape Town on 13 June 1939. Pope Pius XII elevated it to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 11 January 1951. On 18 August 1986, it lost territory to establish the Mission sui juris of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha off its Atlantic Coast. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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