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Archdiocese of Johannesburg Archidioecesis Ioannesburgensis
Cathedral of Christ the King
Coat of arms of the Archdiocese
Location
Country	South Africa
Episcopal conference	Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference
Ecclesiastical province	Johannesburg
Deaneries	Central, East, Far East, West, North, South, Soweto, Vaal
Headquarters	186 Nugget Street, Berea, Johannesburg, 2198, Republic of South Africa
Coordinates	-26.1933485, 28.0507909
Statistics
Area	14,517 km2 (5,605 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2023) 7,672,000 1,139,200 (12.8%)
Parishes	132
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1886
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the King
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception of our Lady
Secular priests	46 (+ 130 Rel.=176 total)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Stephen Brislin
Bishops emeritus	Buti Joseph Tlhagale
Website
catholicjhb.org.za

TheArchdiocese of Johannesburg (Latin:Ioannesburgum) is the aLatin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of theCatholic Church inJohannesburg,South Africa. It is themetropolitan see of anecclesiastical province.

• June 4, 1886: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Transvaal from theApostolic 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

• Thecathedral is theCathedral of Christ the King inJohannesburg.
• 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, 1951see 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 theStatistical 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

Wikisource has the text of a1913Catholic Encyclopedia article aboutApostolic Vicariate of Transvaal.

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

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