Archdiocese of Pretoria
| Archdiocese of Pretoria | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Diocesan bishop | Dabula Anthony Mpako |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Paul Mandla Khumalo CMM George Francis Daniel William Slattery OFM |
| founding | April 9, 1948 |
| surface | 16,579 km² |
| Parishes | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 4,500,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 240,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 5.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 72 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.143 |
| Permanent deacons | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 84 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 139 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.sacbc.org.za/dioceses/pretoria/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Francistown Diocese of Gaborone Diocese of Polokwane Diocese of Rustenburg Diocese of Tzaneen |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria ( lat. : Archidioecesis Praetoriensis ) is in South Africa located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in South Africa's capital Pretoria .
history
The French religious and bishop Charles-Constant Jolivet OMI visited the distant part of his mission area as Vicar Apostolic of Natal and celebrated the first Holy Mass in Pretoria on June 8, 1877.
The Archdiocese of Pretoria was founded on April 9, 1948 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Pretoria (lat. "Praetoriensis") from the Apostolic Vicariate Kimberley and the Vicariate Transvaal out by Pope Pius XII. founded. On January 11, 1951, Pius XII. the Vicariate with the Apostolic Constitution Suprema Nobis to the archbishopric with the seat of a metropolitan , whereby the eponymous ecclesiastical province was created.
The suffragan dioceses Francistown , Gaborone , Polokwane , Rustenburg and Tzaneen are subordinate to the Archdiocese of Pretoria .
Archbishops of Pretoria
- John Colburn Garner , 1948–1975, Vicar Apostolic until 1951
- George Francis Daniel , 1975-2008
- Paul Mandla Khumalo CMM , 2008-2009
- William Slattery OFM , 2010-2019
- Dabula Anthony Mpako , since 2019
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Pretoria on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the SACBC website ( Memento from December 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)