Patrick Raymond Griffith OP, (15 October 1798 – 18 June 1862) was an Irish Dominican priest, who served the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town ( la, Archidioecesis Civitatis Capitis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Cape Town, in the south-western part of South Africa. The archdiocese's motherchurch and i ...

, South Africa. Rev. Patrick R. Griffith, who, in 1837 was consecrated the titular Bishop of Paleopolis, in the church of St. Andrew, Westland Row, Dublin where he was administrator, and was sent to Cape Town by Gregory XVI. as the first Vicar Apostolic of Cape Colony. Dr Griffith became the first Catholic bishop in South Africa when the vicariate was elevated to a bishopric. Dr. Griffith purchased the land on which St. Marys Cathedral built and oversaw its development. Dr. Griffith died on 18 June 1862 in South Africa, and is buried in St. Mary's Cathedral.Irish Missionaries in South Africa
www.ancestors.co.za Bishop Griffith was succeeded as bishop by another Irishman, Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Grimley.

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