Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo


Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo
Bishop of Witbank, South Africa
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg
SeeDiocese of Witbank
Appointed25 November 2020
Installed20 March 2021
PredecessorGiuseppe Sandri
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination10 October 1991 by Hubert Bucher
Consecration7 June 2008
by Hubert Bucher
RankBishop
Personal details
BornXolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo
(1954-07-02) 2 July 1954
Styles of
Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo
Reference style
Spoken styleHis Lordship
Religious styleBishop

Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo (born 2 July 1954) is a South African Catholic prelate who serves as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Witbank, in the Ecclesiastical Metropolitan Province of Johannesburg in South Africa since 25 November 2020. Before that, from 11 March 2008 until 25 November 2020, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eshowe in the Catholic Archdiocese of Durban. He was appointed bishop by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated and installed at Eshowe on 7 June 2008 by Hubert Bucher, Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa. On 25 November 2020, Pope Francis transferred him to the Diocese of Witbank and appointed him local ordinary there. He was installed at Witbank on 20 March 2021.