Peter John Holiday


Peter John Holiday
Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Bloemfontein
SeeDiocese of Kroonstad
Appointed1 April 2011
Installed25 June 2011
Term ended12 December 2022
PredecessorStephen Brislin
SuccessorAmos Mabuti Masemola
Orders
Ordination10 December 1992
Consecration25 June 2011
RankBishop
Personal details
BornPeter John Holiday
(1952-01-11) 11 January 1952
Styles of
Peter John Holiday
Reference style
Spoken styleHis Lordship
Religious styleBishop

Peter John Holiday (born 11 January 1952) is a South African Catholic prelate who was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kroonstad, in the Ecclesiastical Metropolitan Province of Bloemfontein, in the Republic of South Africa from 1 April 2011 until his health-related resignation on 12 December 2022. He was appointed bishop on 1 April 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI and was consecrated on 25 June 2011 by Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, Archbishop of Bloemfontein. Before that, from 10 December 1992 until 1 April 2011, he was a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg. Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Peter John Holiday on 12 December 2022 due to the bishop's ill health.