Paul Mandla Khumalo

Paul Mandla Khumalo C.M.M. (born 2 February 1947) is a South African Catholic prelate who served as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria, in South Africa from 24 November 2008 until his early resignation on 15 December 2009. While archbishop, he concurrently served as the bishop of the South African Military. Before that, from 2 October 2001 until 24 November 2008, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Witbank, South Africa. He was appointed bishop by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated at Witbank on 27 January 2002 by Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, Archbishop of Durban. On 24 November 2008, Pope Benedict XVI elevated him to archbishop and appointed him as the local ordinary at Pretoria. He was simultaneously appointed Bishop of the Military of South Africa. The Holy Father accepted Bishop Khumalo's early resignation on 15 December 2009, two months shy of his 63rd birthday. He is a professed member of the Mariannhillers, a Catholic religious Oder.

Background and education He was born on 5 February 1947 in Saint Wendolins, Diocese of Mariannhill, KwaZulu Natal, in South Africa. He studied at the Ixopo Minor Seminary at Ixopo, Kwazulu-Natal. He studied philosophy at the Saint Augustine's Major Seminary, in Roma, Lesotho. He then studied theology at the Saint Joseph Christian College London, United Kingdom.

Priest He was ordained a priest for the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries, on 28 April 1973. He served as a priest until 2 October 2001. While a priest, he served in various roles and locations including: On 15 December 2009, The Holy Father accepted the resignation tendered by Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo from the pastoral care of the Ecclesiastical Metropolitan Province of Pretoria and from that of the military ordinary of the South African Defense Forces.