Stephen Naidoo

Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R. (29 October 1937 – 1 July 1989), was a South African Redemptorist and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop of Cape Town from 1984 to 1989.^[1]

His Excellency Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Cape Town
Naidoo in 1987
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archbishop of Cape Town
See	Cape Town
In office	20 October 1984 - 1 July 1989
Predecessor	Owen McCann
Previous post(s)	Monastery priest, teacher
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1961
Consecration	15 September 1974 by Owen McCann
Personal details
Born	23 October 1937 Cape Town
Died	1 July 1989(1989-07-01) (aged 51) Cape Town
Nationality	South African
Education	Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Coat of arms

Biography

Born in 1937 in Cape Town in an Indian immigrated family,^[2] Naidoo was ordained Redemptorist priest in 1961 and graduated at Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Consecrated auxiliary-bishop of Cape Town on 15 September 1974, he became archbishop on 20 October 1984. In 1988 he was imprisoned because of his ideas against apartheid.^[3]

He died on 1 July 1989.