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Metropolitan see Bloemfontein, South Africa

Archdiocese of Bloemfontein

Bloemfonteinen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
Bloemfontein, South Africa, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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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)).