AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of bishop of Keimoes-Upington

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Enrico Valentino Parry, of the clergy of Oudtshoorn, until now director of the Secretariate of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, as bishop of the diocese of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa.


Msgr. Enrico Valentino Parry was born on 28 December 1968 in the diocese of Oudtshoorn. After studying philosophy at Saint Peter’s Seminary in Hammanskraal and theology at the Saint John Vianney Major Seminary, archdiocese of Pretoria, he was awarded a degree in education and sociology from the University of South Africa (UNISA).

He received priestly ordination on 17 April 1995, and was incardinated into the diocese of Oudtshoorn.

After ordination, he first held the role of parish vicar of Mossel Bay, in the diocese of Oudtshoorn (1995-1998). He obtained a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University of Rome (1998-2000), and went on to serve as formator and teacher (2000-2011) and rector (2008-2011) of Saint John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria. He was awarded a doctorate in systematic theology from the University of South Africa (UNISA) (2006), and then held the offices of interim rector of Saint Peter’s Seminary in Pretoria (2006-2007), teacher at Saint Augustin College in Johannesburg (2009-2011), parish priest of the parish of Christ the King in Worcester, in the diocese of Oudtshoorn (2012-2013), diocesan chancellor, director of the diocesan Finance Committee and member of the College of Consultors (2013-2023), administrator of the Cathedral of Saint Saviour, in the diocese of Oudtshoorn (2013-2023), diocesan director for catechesis (2021-2023), coordinator of the pastoral department (2023-2025), and director of the Secretariat (since 2025) of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) in Harare, Zimbabwe.
(EG) (Fides News Agency, 12/11/2026)

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