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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Pretoria

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
16,573 km²

Country
  
South Africa

Parishes
  
59

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Phone
  
+27 12 326 5311

Secular priests
  
46

Metropolitan
  
Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 4,705,000 186,383 (4.0%)

Address
  
Jolivet House, 140 Visagie St, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

Cathedral
  
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Pretoria

Emeritus bishops
  
George Francis Daniel, Paul Mandla Khumalo

Similar
  
Southern African Catholic, Christ the King Catholic, St Columba's Catholic, Lynnwood Catholic Church, Maria Regina Catholic

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria (Latin: Praetorien(sis)) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese and the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa.

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The cathedral archiepiscopal see of the Archbishop is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Pretoria.

History

  • Established on 1948.04.09 as Apostolic Vicariate of Pretoria, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa and the Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal
  • Promoted on 1951.01.11 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria, yet remains dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (like missionary jurisdictions).
  • Lost territory on 1971.06.28 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Rustenburg (now its suffragan see)

    • Episcopal Ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite)

    Apostolic Vicar of Pretoria
  • John Colburn Garner (9 April 1948 Appointed – 1951.01.11 see below), Titular Bishop of Tracula (1948.04.09 – 1951.01.11)
    • Metropolitan Archbishops of Pretoria
  • John Colburn Garner ('see above 1951.01.11 - 28 April 1975 Resigned), also first Military Vicar of South Africa (1951.05.17 – 1976.03.26)
  • George Francis Daniel (28 April 1975 Appointed - 24 November 2008 Retired), also last Military Vicar of South Africa (South Africa) (1976.03.26 – 1986.07.21), restuled first Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (1986.07.21 – 2008.11.24)
  • Paul Mandla Khumalo, Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill (C.M.M.) (24 November 2008 Appointed - 15 December 2009 Resigned), also Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (2008.11.24 – 2009.12.15); previously Bishop of Witbank (South Africa) (2001.10.02 – 2008.11.24)
  • Apostolic Administrator Msgr. Abel Gabuza (2009.12.15 – 2010.12.23), the without other office; later Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa) (2010.12.23 – ...)
  • William Slattery, O.F.M. (23 December 2010 Appointed - present); also Military Ordinary of South Africa; previously Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa) (1993.11.17 – 2010.12.23)

    • Province

    Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitans' own archbishorpic and the following Suffragan sees and mission :

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Pietersburg
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Rustenburg
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Tzaneen
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Francistown

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria Wikipedia
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