Sacred Heart Cathedral | |
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Location | Bloemfontein |
Country | South Africa |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
The Sacred Heart Cathedral [1] is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church [2] and is located at 1 Green in the city of Bloemfontein [3] in the Free State province, South Africa. [4]
It serves as the main church and seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (Archidioecesis Bloemfonteinensis) which was created in 1951 with the bull Suprema Nobis of Pope Pius XII and depends on the ecclesiastical province of the same name. Its metropolitan archbishop since 2020 is Zolile Peter Mpambani.
Bloemfontein, also known as Bloem or the City Of Roses, is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals along with legislative capital Cape Town and administrative capital Pretoria. Bloemfontein is the seventh-largest city in South Africa. Situated at an elevation of 1,395 m (4,577 ft) above sea level, the city is home to approximately 520,000 residents and forms part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality which has a population of 747,431. It was one of the host cities for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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