Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M.

Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa

Apostolic Administrator of Umtata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Feb 1973		Born
1992²	18.8	Entered	Member of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries
2 Feb 1997	23.9	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries
4 Mar 2000	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries
8 Oct 2016	43.6	Appointed	Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries
6 Apr 2022	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
11 Jun 2022	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
14 Mar 2026	53.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Umtata, South Africa

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Thulani Victor Mbuyisa
Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa C.M.M.
(born 13 Feb 1973)
Bishop of Kokstad

Event Place
Birth Place Exobho, Archdiocese of Durban
Ordained Priest Mariannhill, Monastery, Mariannhill, Diocese of Mariannhill
Ordained Bishop Kokstad College Rugby Field, Kokstad, Diocese of Kokstad

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kokstad.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paul Themba Mngoma †
Bishop of Mariannhill
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I.
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M.
Archbishop Emeritus of Durban
Archbishop Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M.
Archbishop of Durban

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. (2013)
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Archbishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. (1994)
Archbishop of Pretoria
Archbishop Wilfrid Fox 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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q111513344

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Apr 2022
c1: CB, 21 Apr 2022
ob: CB, 28 Apr 2022
c2+: CB, 11 Jun 2022
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Number 20,934
aadm: CB, 14 Mar 2026

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