Archdiocese of Johannesburg
| Archdiocese of Johannesburg | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Johannesburg |
| Diocesan bishop | Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI |
| Auxiliary bishop | Duncan Theodore Tsoke |
| Vicar General | Duncan Theodore Tsoke |
| founding | 1886 |
| surface | 14,517 km² |
| Parishes | 128 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 8,009,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,036,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 12.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 131 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,023 |
| Permanent deacons | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 163 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 333 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King |
| address | Archbishop's House P.MB x10 Doornfontein 2028 Johannesburg South Africa |
| Website | catholic-johannesburg.org.za/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Klerksdorp Diocese of Manzini Diocese of Witbank |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg ( lat. : Archidioecesis Ioannesburgensis , Engl. : Archdiocese of Johannesburg ) is a in South Africa located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Johannesburg ( Gauteng ).
history
1886 was by Pope Leo XIII. the Apostolic Prefecture of the Transvaal was founded. Pius X raised this in 1904 to the Apostolic Vicariate Transvaal ("Transvaallensis"), Pius XII. renamed this in 1948 to the Apostolic Vicariate Johannesburg ("Ioannesburgensis").
The diocese of Johannesburg was founded on January 11, 1951 with the reorganization of the church hierarchy in South Africa by Pope Pius XII. founded. The first bishop was William Patrick Whelan OMI. It was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Pretoria until Johannesburg became a metropolitan seat on June 5, 2007.
The suffragan dioceses Klerksdorp , Manzini and Witbank are assigned to the Archdiocese of Johannesburg .
Vicars Apostolic of Johannesburg
- William Miller OMI , 1904-1912
- Charles Cox OMI, 1914-1924
- David O'Leary OMI, 1925-1950
- William Patrick Whelan OMI, 1950–1951
Bishops of Johannisburg
- William Patrick Whelan OMI, 1951–1954, later Archbishop of Bloemfontein
- Hugh Boyle , 1954-1976
- Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald OMI 1966–1976
- Reginald Joseph Orsmond , 1984-2002
- Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI, 2003-2007
Archbishops of Johannesburg
- Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI, since 2007, also chairman of the South African Bishops' Conference (SACBC)
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the SACBC website ( Memento from February 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)