Metropolitan see Freetown, Sierra Leone
Archdiocese of Freetown
Liberae Urbis
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Freetown, established as a vicariate in 1858 and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1970, is the Latin Church metropolitan see for Sierra Leone with suffragans Bo, Kenema and Makeni. Edward Tamba Charles has been archbishop since 2008.
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- Established
- 1950
- Catholics
- 87,500
- Priests
- 41
- Territory
- 4,678 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart CathedralHowe Street-Centre of town · CathedralView parish
- Blessed Michael Tansi Quasi Parish7th Battalion Barrack-GodrichView parish
- Christ the King Catholic CommunityKissy Town-Freetown, Mile Siaka HighwayView parish
- Good Shepherd Catholic CommunityKwama-Freetown, Mile Siaka HighwayView parish
- Holy Cross ParishKissyView parish
- Holy Family Catholic CommunityMayenkineh-Calaba TownView parish
- Holy Spirit ChaplaincyGodrichView parish
- Mary Immaculate Conception ParishHartshon Street-WaterlooView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Quasi ParishLakkaView parish
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic CommunityNewton-Freetown, Mile Siaka HighwayView parish
- Our Lady Star of the Sea ParishJubaView parish
- St Anthony's ParishBrookfieldsView parish
- St Augustine's ParishDwarzak FarmView parish
- St Charles Luwanga Catholic CommunityAllen TownView parish
- St Columba Catholic CommunityKaningo-JubaView parish
- St Edwards ParishKingtomView parish
- St Elizabeth/Daniel Quasi ParishAberdeenView parish
- St Francis Xavier Quasi ParishWellingtonView parish
- St George's ParishMurray TownView parish
- St Isidore Bankaja Catholic CommunityMacdonald, Waterloo PeninsularView parish
- St John Paul II Quasi ParishGraftonView parish
- St John XXIII Catholic CommunitySussexView parish
- St Josephine Bahkita Catholic CommunityBenguema Barrack-Waterloo PeninsularView parish
- St Kizito's Catholic CommunityRokelView parish
- St Luke's ParishWilberforceView parish
- St Martin's ParishBlackhall Road-KissyView parish
- St Mulumba Quasi ParishHastingsView parish
- St Paul's Quasi ParishRegentView parish
- St Peter the Fisherman Catholic CommunityTombo-Waterloo PeninsularView parish
- St Peter the Rock ParishCalaba TownView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Edward Tamba Charles
- Born
- 18 April 1956
- Birthplace
- Kainkordu
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The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Freetown stands in Freetown, 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
Sierra Leone's capital and most populous city supplies both the name and the episcopal see of the Archdiocese of Freetown (Archidioecesis Liberae Urbis), a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in that African country. Freetown ranks as a metropolitan see, with three suffragan dioceses answering to it within its ecclesiastical province.
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Stories that name this see
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- Catholic Diocese of Bo mourns Rev. Fr. John Joe Sandi
- Caritas Freetown Calls for Environmental Responsibility on 2026 World Day of Prayer for Creation
- Climate Change No Longer Solely an Issue for Scientists and Experts: West African Priests’ President
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