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Metropolitan see Pretoria, South Africa

Archdiocese of Pretoria

Praetorien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

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The address the register holds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Established
1948
Catholics
186,383
Priests
46
Territory
16,573 km²

Parishes and churches

53 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Dabula Anthony Mpako
Born
6 September 1959
Birthplace
Eastern Cape

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Pretoria, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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