Archdiocese of Pretoria
Praetorien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Pretoria, South Africa
The Archdiocese of Pretoria is a metropolitan Latin Church see in South Africa, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1948 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1951. Its current archbishop is Dabula Anthony Mpako, appointed in 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1951
- Latin
- Praetorien(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Good Counsel
- Annuario code
- 001002666
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 186,383
- Population
- 4,705,000
- Catholic share
- 4.0%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 4,052
- Extent
- 16,573 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Dabula Anthony Mpako
- Born
- 6 September 1959
- Birthplace
- Eastern Cape
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Pretoria, 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.
The province of Pretoria
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of FrancistownFrancistown
- Diocese of GaboroneGaborone
- Diocese of PolokwanePolokwane
- Diocese of RustenburgRustenburg
- Diocese of TzaneenTzaneen
- Diocese of WitbankWitbank
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving as the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa, the Archdiocese of Pretoria (Latin: Praetorien(sis)) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese. The Archbishop's cathedral archiepiscopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Pretoria.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].