Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
Infobox Roman Catholic diocese
Roman Catholic Diocese of =Bloemfontein
Country = South Africa
Metropolitan province = Bloemfontein
jurisdiction = Archdiocese
Latin name of diocese = Archidioecesis Bloemfonteinensis
metropolitan = Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops = | cathedral = Sacred Heart Cathedral
cocathedral =
rite = Latin
area = 64,393
population = 1,425,000
catholics = 116,700
catholics_percent = 18.2
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (Latin: "Bloemfonteinen(sis)") is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
History
* 1951.01.11: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein from the Apostolic Vicariate of Aliwal and the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa.
pecial Churches
The seat of the archbishop is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bloemfontein.
Leadership
* Metropolitan Archbishops of Bloemfontein (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. (since 2005.10.10)
** Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (1999.01.02 – 2003.04.08)
** Archbishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. (1978.04.27 – 1997.06.10)
** Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. (1966.08.06 – 1976.01.24)
** Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. (1954.07.18 – 1966.01.10)
** Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. (1951.01.11 – 1954)
uffragan Diocese
* Bethlehem
* Keimoes–Upington
* Kimberley
* Kroonstad
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in South Africa
*List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South Africa
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/bloe0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
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