Metropolitan see Bloemfontein, South Africa
Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
Bloemfonteinen(sis)
Latin Church
Metropolitan archdiocese in the Free State, South Africa, erected as an archdiocese in 1951 from earlier apostolic vicariates. Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani has led the see since 2020, with suffragans Bethlehem, Keimoes-Upington, Kimberley, and Kroonstad.
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- Established
- 1951
- Catholics
- 116,700
- Priests
- 26
- Territory
- 64,393 km²
Parishes and churches
19 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart CathedralBloemfontein · CathedralView parish
- All SaintsBloemfontein / BathoView parish
- Christus KoningBloemfontein / HeidedalView parish
- Corpus ChristiBloemfontein / BloemsideView parish
- Fatima ChurchBloemfontein / RocklandsView parish
- Holy Trinity MissionTweespruitView parish
- Immaculate Heart of MaryAssisiView parish
- Kriste Morena (St Joseph –)JagersfonteinView parish
- Kriste Paseka ya RonaZastronView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption, Roman Street, Smithfield 9966SmithfieldView parish
- St Anthony’s (St. Thadeus – )KoffiefonteinView parish
- St Charles LwangaBotshabeloView parish
- St John the EvangelistDewetsdorpView parish
- St Joseph (St Clare–)WepenerView parish
- St LadislausExcelsiorView parish
- St MarkBloemfontein / BlomandaView parish
- St Paul, Box 258, Bultfontein 9670BultfonteinView parish
- St Pius XEdenburgView parish
- St Rose of LimaBloemfontein / BochabelaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I.
- Born
- 20 February 1957
- Birthplace
- Umlamli
- Institute
- SACERDOTI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ (DEHONIANI) (S.C.I.)
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The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Bloemfontein, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
South Africa's ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein has as its metropolitan see the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (Latin: Bloemfonteinen(sis)).