Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.06.05 – ...):

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (74)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Johannesburg (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (74)
(2007.06.05 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

Born:	1947.12.26 (Randfontein, South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1976.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.04.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa) (1999.01.02 – 2003.04.08)

Archbishop-Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (2003.04.08 – 2007.06.05)

President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (2004 – 2007)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (2007.06.05 – ...)

President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2008.11 – 2011.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Klerksdorp (South Africa) (2013.04.26 – 2014.11.24)

Bishops of Johannesburg (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (74)
(2003.04.08 – 2007.06.05)

(see above)

Bishop Reginald Joseph Orsmond
(1984.07.02 – 2002.05.19)

Born:	1931.01.18 (South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.05.14
Died:	2002.05.19 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Assuras (1983.01.27 – 1984.07.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1983.01.27 – 1984.07.02)

Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1984.07.02 – 2002.05.19)

President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (1987 – 1988)

Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I.
(1976.01.24 – 1984.07.02)

Born:	1914.01.07 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1940.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.10.18
Died:	1986.02.16 († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa) (1966.08.06 – 1976.01.24)

President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1974 – 1981)

President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (1974 – 1981)

Archbishop-Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1976.01.24 – 1984.07.02)

Bishop Hugh Boyle
(1954.07.18 – 1976.01.24)

Born:	1897.12.13 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.02.02
Died:	1986.12.04 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Bagai (1948.12.09 – 1951.01.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1948.12.09 – 1951.01.11)

Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1954.07.18)

Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1954.07.18 – 1976.01.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Johannesburg (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(1950.11.25 – 1951.01.11)

Born:	1907.04.29 (South Africa)
Ordained Priest:	1931.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.27
Died:	1966.01.10 († 58)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1948.03.11 – 1950.11.25)

Titular Bishop of Legia (1948.03.11 – 1954.07.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1950.11.25 – 1951.01.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa) (1954.07.18 – 1966.01.10)

Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I.
(1925.05.13 – 1950.11.25)

Born:	1880.08.19
Ordained Priest:	1910.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.09.08
Died:	1958.08.12 († 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1925.05.13 – 1950.11.25)

Titular Bishop of Fessei (1925.05.13 – 1958.08.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Transvaal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I.
(1914.07.15 – 1924.07.14)

Born:	1848.05.29 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1873.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.10.28
Died:	1936.03.09 († 87)

Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in South Africa (South Africa) (1914 – 1924)

Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal (South Africa) (1914.07.15 – 1924.07.14)

Titular Bishop of Dioclea (1914.07.15 – 1936.03.09)

Bishop William Miller, O.M.I.
(1904.09.17 – 1912.05.02)

Born:	1858.08.15 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1881.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.11.20
Died:	1927.11.09 († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal (South Africa) (1904.09.17 – 1912.05.02)

Titular Bishop of Eumenia (1904.09.17 – 1927.11.09)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. (later Archbishop) (1948.03.11 – 1950.11.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Duncan Theodore Tsoke (58) (2016.02.06 – 2021.03.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve (1986.03.10 – 1994.03.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Reginald Joseph Orsmond (1983.01.27 – 1984.07.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. (later Archbishop) (1972.07.30 – 1975.07.10)

Contact Info

Address: Cathedral Place, 3 Saratoga Avenue, Berea, Johannesburg 2198, South Africa

Phone: (011) 402 6400

Website:

Statistics

Area: 14,517 km²

Population: 1,112,360 Catholics (12.8% of 8,690,460 total) (2020)

Statistics: 132 parishes, 1 mission, 178 priests (51 diocesan, 127 religious), 60 deacons, 475 lay religious (165 brothers, 310 sisters), 19 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception

History

1886.06.04: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Transvaal / Transvaallen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Natal)
1904.09.16: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal / Transvaallen(sis) (Latin)
1910.12.22: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Transvaal
1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lydenburg
1948.04.09: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Johannesburg / Ioannesburgen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pretoria)
1951.01.11: Promoted as Diocese of Johannesburg / Ioannesburgen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Pretoria)
1965.10.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Western Transvaal
2007.06.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg / Ioannesburgen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Klerksdorp, Manzini and Witbank)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1995.09)