Stephen Cardinal Brislin

Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello

Apostolic Administrator of Cape Town {Kaapstad}

Motto: Veritas In Caritate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1956		Born
19 Nov 1983	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kroonstad, South Africa
17 Oct 2006	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
28 Jan 2007	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
18 Dec 2009	53.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
30 Sep 2023	67.0	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Sep 2023	67.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello
12 May 2024	67.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello
28 Oct 2024	68.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
25 Jan 2025	68.3	Installed	Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
31 Jan 2025	68.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Stephen Brislin
Stephen Cardinal Brislin
(born 24 Sep 1956)
Archbishop of Johannesburg

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop
Consistory - 2023: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Welkom, Diocese of Kroonstad
Ordained Bishop Saint Dominic, Church, Welkom, Diocese of Kroonstad

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Johannesburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hubert Bucher †
Bishop of Bethlehem
Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve †
Bishop of Klerksdorp

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. (2002)
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia (2010)
Bishop Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M. (2014)
Bishop Sylvester Anthony John David, O.M.I. (2019)
Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito (2020)
Bishop Noel Andrew Rucastle (2020)
Bishop Siphiwo Devilliers Paul Vanqa, S.A.C. (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter John Holiday (2011)
Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako (2011)
Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. (2013)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 23504736
WikiData: Q555507

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 17 Oct 2006
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 188, Number 15,327
ab: Bollettino, 18 Dec 2009
card: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2023
cpri: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2023
i: Bollettino, 6 May 2024
ab: Bollettino, 28 Oct 2024
aadm: CB, 4 Feb 2025

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