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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- 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.
- St GeorgeSaulsville (W)View parish
- St George’s, Marble Hall – served from Siyabuswa St. George Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St Henry’s – served from SiyabuswaGroblersdal (Ne)View parish
- St John FisherLynnwood (E)View parish
- St John the BaptistPretoria North (W)View parish
- St JosephOukasie (Nw)View parish
- St Joseph the WorkerPretoria West (W)View parish
- St Mark Block U- MabopaneMabopane (Nw)View parish
- St MatthewTembisa (S)View parish
- St Oliver’sMkobola (Ne)View parish
- St PeterCullinan (E)View parish
- St PeterKopano Pastoral District (N)View parish
- St Peter ClaverMamelodi East (E)View parish
- St RaphaelMamelodi Central (E)View parish
- St TheresaMothotlung (Nw)View parish
- St Thomas the Apostle #273 Pendant Street, LaudiumLaudium (W)View parish
- St VincentTembisa (S)View parish
- St ZenoLetlhabile Pastoral District (W)View parish
- St. BartholomewEkangala (Ne)View parish
- St. CamillusHammanskraal (N)View parish
- St. Emmanuel (Phomolong)Tembisa (S)View parish
- Sts Peter and PaulMaboloka (Nw)View parish
- Temba Pastoral District, Holy Cross, Stand NoTemba (N)View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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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