Continent: Southern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Bloemfontein / Blœmfonteinen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Bethlehem, Keimoes–Upington, Kimberley, Kroonstad
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.04.01 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Bloemfontein (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bloemfontein (South Africa) Ut faciam Deus voluntatem tuam
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)
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Archbishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I.
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Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I.
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Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I.
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Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I.
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Address: Archbishop’s House, 7A White’s Road, Box 362, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
Phone: (051) 448 1658
Area: 64,393 km²
Population: 70,351 Catholics (9.9% of 709,750 total) (2020)
Statistics: 32 parishes, 1 mission, 24 priests (18 diocesan, 6 religious), 58 lay religious (6 brothers, 52 sisters), 3 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus
Last updated on 2023.02.02
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