Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria

Archdiocese of Pretoria Archidioecesis Praetoriensis
Location
Country	South Africa
Ecclesiastical province	Pretoria
Metropolitan	Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng
Statistics
Area	16,573 km2 (6,399 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 4,705,000 186,383 (4.0%)
Parishes	59
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	9 April 1948
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Patron saint	Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Good Counsel
Secular priests	46
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Dabula Anthony Mpako
Bishops emeritus	George Francis Daniel Paul Mandla Khumalo, CMM William Slattery, OFM
Website
Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria

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.

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)

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Vicar of Pretoria

• John Colburn Garner (9 April 1948 appointed – 1951.01.11), Titular Bishop of Tracula (1948.04.09 – 1951.01.11)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Pretoria

• John Colburn Garner (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), restyled 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), without other office; later Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa) (2010.12.23 – 2018.12.08)
• William Slattery, O.F.M. (23 December 2010 appointed - 30 April 2019); also Military Ordinary of South Africa; previously Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa) (1993.11.17 – 2010.12.23)
• Dabula Mpako (30 April 2019 appointed), simultaneously appointed Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force

Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

• Abel Gabuza, appointed Bishop of Kimberley in 2010
• Dabula Anthony Mpako, appointed Bishop of Queenstown in 2011; later returned here as Archbishop
• Victor Hlolo Phalana, appointed Bishop of Klerksdorp in 2014

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the archbishopric and the following Suffragan sees:

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Francistown, Botswana
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone, Botswana
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Polokwane
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Rustenburg
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Tzaneen

See also

• Roman Catholicism in South Africa

External links

• GCatholic.org with incumbent bio links

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