Stephen Brislin
Stephen Brislin (born 24 September 1956) is a South African prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been archbishop of Cape Town since 2010.

Pope Francis plans to make him a cardinal at a consistory scheduled for 30 September 2023.

Biography
Stephen Brislin was born on 24 September 1956 in Welkom. He is of Scottish and Irish descent. He attended primary and secondary school there at the Convent of Saint Agnes and the Christian Brothers schools. He studied psychology at the University of Cape Town. He studied philosophy at St. John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria and theology at the Missionary Institute of Mill Hill in London. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Louvain. He was ordained a priest on 19 November 1983 for the Diocese of Kroonstad, South Africa.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him and Bishop of Kroonstad on 17 October 2006. He received his episcopal consecration on 28 January 2007 from Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Bloemfontein.

Pope Benedict named Brislin Archbishop of Cape Town on 18 December 2009. He was installed on 7 February 2010 at the Bellville Velodrome.

He was president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference from 2013 to 2019.

On 9 July 2023, Pope Francis announced he plans to make him a cardinal at a consistory scheduled for 30 September.

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in South Africa
South African Roman Catholic archbishops
1956 births
Living people
Roman Catholic archbishops of Cape Town
Roman Catholic bishops of Kroonstad
People from Welkom
Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI