Abel Gabuza (23 March 1955 – 17 January 2021) was a South African Catholic prelate who served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban from 9 December 2018 and until his death in 2021.
[3] He became President of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference and advocated for safeguarding workers's pension funds from government interference[4] and the protection of miners' health.
[6] On 9 December 2018, Pope Francis named Gabuza Archbishop Coadjutor of Durban to succeed Cardinal Wilfrid Napier.
[7] At the February 2019 Vatican summit on sexual abuse, Gabuza disagreed with those who minimized the issue's significance in Africa.
[12] Gabuza died from COVID-19 on 17 January 2021 at the age of 65 in Durban's Hillcrest Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.