Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg

The Archdiocese of Johannesburg (Latin: Ioannesburgum) is the a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province.

• June 4, 1886: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Transvaal from the Apostolic Vicariate of Natal
• September 16, 1904: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal
• April 9, 1948: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Johannesburg
• January 11, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Johannesburg
• June 5, 2007: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg

• The cathedral is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg.
• Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Moroka Soweto

Vicars Apostolic of Transvaal

• William Miller, O.M.I. (September 17, 1904 – May 2, 1912)
• Charles Cox, O.M.I. (July 15, 1914 – July 14, 1924)

Vicars Apostolic of Johannesburg

• David O'Leary (Bishop), O.M.I. (May 13, 1925 – November 25, 1950)
• William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. (November 25, 1950 – January 11, 1951 see below)

Bishops of Johannesburg (Roman rite)

• William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. (January 11, 1951 - July 18, 1954), appointed Archbishop of Bloemfontein
• Hugh Boyle (July 18, 1954 – January 24, 1976)
• Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. (January 24, 1976 – July 2, 1984), personal title of archbishop
• Reginald Joseph Orsmond (July 2, 1984 – May 19, 2002)
• Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (April 8, 2003 – June 5, 2007), personal title of archbishop

Archbishops of Johannesburg

• Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (June 5, 2007 – October 28, 2024)
• Stephen Brislin (October 28, 2024 – )

• William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. (1948–1950)

• Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. (1972–1975), appointed Bishop of Umtata
• Zithulele Patrick Mvemve (1986–1994), appointed Bishop of Klerksdorp
• Reginald Joseph Orsmond (1983–1984), appointed Bishop here
• Duncan Theodore Tsoke (2016–2021), appointed Bishop of Kimberly

• Peter John Holiday, appointed Bishop of Kroonstad in 2011
• Luc Julian Matthys (priest here, 1961–1976), appointed Bishop of Armidale, Australia in 1999
• Thomas Graham Rose, appointed Bishop of Dundee in 2008

By a decree of the Archbishop of 14 March 2025, the Archdiocese assumed a new Coat of Arms independent of its Archbishop. It is blazoned: "Azure, overall a pallium Argent charged with four crosses patée Sable, within a bordure Or, in chief a ChiRho Or encircled by a crown of the same, in dexter a Marian symbol MA of the same, in sinister a pick-axe and a shovel saltirewise of the same."^[1]

According to the Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2022 (Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2022, published in 2024), as at 31 December 2022, the statistics for the Archdiocese^[2] are:

• Area: 14,517 km²
• Population: 1,139,200 Catholics (12.8% of 8,900,250 total)
• Pastoral Centres: 131 parishes, 1 mission
• Personnel: 176 priests (46 diocesan, 130 religious), 64 deacons, 455 religious (165 brothers, 290 sisters), 12 seminarians

• Klerksdorp
• Manzini
• Witbank

• Catholic Church in South Africa

• Official website
• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}

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