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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg

{{Short description|Latin Catholic archdiocese in South Africa}}

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{{Infobox diocese

| jurisdiction = Archdiocese

| name = Johannesburg

| latin = Archidioecesis Ioannesburgensis

| local =

| image = Cathedral of Christ the King 028.jpg

| image_size =

| image_alt =

| caption = Cathedral of Christ the King

| coat = Archdiocese of Johannesburg coat of arms.gif

| coat_size = 125

| coat_alt = Coat of arms of the Archdiocese

| coat_caption = Coat of arms of the Archdiocese

| country = {{flag|South Africa}}

| territory =

| episcopal conference = Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference

| ecclesiastical region =

| province = Johannesburg

| residence =

| metropolitan =

| archdeaconries =

| deaneries = Central, East, Far East, West, North, South, Soweto, Vaal

| subdivisions =

| headquarters = 186 Nugget Street, Berea, Johannesburg, 2198, Republic of South Africa

| coordinates = -26.1933485, 28.0507909

| area_km2 = 14,517

| population = 7,672,000

| population_as_of = 2023

| catholics = 1,139,200

| catholics_percent = 12.8

| parishes = 132

| churches =

| congregations =

| schools =

| members =

| denomination = Catholic Church

| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church

| rite = Roman Rite

| established = 1886

| cathedral = Cathedral of Christ the King

| cocathedral =

| patron = Immaculate Conception of our Lady

| priests = 46 (+ 130 Rel.=176 total)

| pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

| bishop_title = Archbishop

| bishop = Stephen Brislin

| coadjutor =

| auxiliary_bishops =

| vicar_general =

| emeritus_bishops = Buti Joseph Tlhagale

| map =

| map_alt =

| map_caption =

| website = [http://www.catholicjhb.org.za/ catholicjhb.org.za]

| footnotes =

}}

The Archdiocese of Johannesburg ({{langx|la|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.

History

  • 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

Special churches

Leadership

; Vicars Apostolic of Transvaal

; Vicars Apostolic of Johannesburg

; 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

===Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic===

=Auxiliary Bishops=

=Other priests of this diocese who became bishops=

Coat of Arms

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."{{cite web |title=Archdiocesan News - March 2025 |url=https://catholicjhb.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AD-News-MAR_25.pdfweb.pdf |publisher=Archdiocese of Johannesburg |page=4}}

Statistics

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{{cite web |title=Archdiocese of Johannesburg |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djhnn.html |website=Catholic Hierarchy}} 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

= Historical Statistics =

class="wikitable"

! Year !! Catholics !! Total Population !! Percent Catholic !! Diocesan Priests !! Religious Priests !! Total Priests !! Catholics Per Priest !! Permanent Deacons !! Male Religious !! Female Religious !! Parishes !! Source

colspan="13" | Vicariate Apostolic of Johannesburg
1950style="text-align:right;" | 90,459style="text-align:right;" | 2,024,888style="text-align:right;" | 4.50%style="text-align:right;" | 9style="text-align:right;" | 87style="text-align:right;" | 96style="text-align:right;" | 942style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:right;" | 47style="text-align:right;" | 655style="text-align:right;" |ap1951
colspan="13" | Diocese of Johannesburg
1970style="text-align:right;" | 263,812style="text-align:right;" | 3,500,000style="text-align:right;" | 7.50%style="text-align:right;" | 30style="text-align:right;" | 140style="text-align:right;" | 170style="text-align:right;" | 1,551style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:right;" | 212style="text-align:right;" | 749style="text-align:right;" | 40ap1971
1980style="text-align:right;" | 336,682style="text-align:right;" | 3,383,000style="text-align:right;" | 10.00%style="text-align:right;" | 32style="text-align:right;" | 149style="text-align:right;" | 181style="text-align:right;" | 1,860style="text-align:right;" | 1style="text-align:right;" | 221style="text-align:right;" | 663style="text-align:right;" | 100ap1981
1990style="text-align:right;" | 589,000style="text-align:right;" | 4,416,000style="text-align:right;" | 13.30%style="text-align:right;" | 34style="text-align:right;" | 126style="text-align:right;" | 160style="text-align:right;" | 3,681style="text-align:right;" | 18style="text-align:right;" | 176style="text-align:right;" | 565style="text-align:right;" | 100ap1991
1999style="text-align:right;" | 700,000style="text-align:right;" | 6,000,000style="text-align:right;" | 11.70%style="text-align:right;" | 47style="text-align:right;" | 112style="text-align:right;" | 159style="text-align:right;" | 4,402style="text-align:right;" | 43style="text-align:right;" | 158style="text-align:right;" | 438style="text-align:right;" | 104ap2000
2000style="text-align:right;" | 700,000style="text-align:right;" | 6,000,000style="text-align:right;" | 11.70%style="text-align:right;" | 47style="text-align:right;" | 114style="text-align:right;" | 161style="text-align:right;" | 4,347style="text-align:right;" | 41style="text-align:right;" | 160style="text-align:right;" | 446style="text-align:right;" | 104ap2001
2001style="text-align:right;" | 700,000style="text-align:right;" | 6,000,000style="text-align:right;" | 11.70%style="text-align:right;" | 48style="text-align:right;" | 116style="text-align:right;" | 164style="text-align:right;" | 4,268style="text-align:right;" | 39style="text-align:right;" | 166style="text-align:right;" | 447style="text-align:right;" | 104ap2002
2002style="text-align:right;" | 700,000style="text-align:right;" | 6,000,000style="text-align:right;" | 11.70%style="text-align:right;" | 46style="text-align:right;" | 116style="text-align:right;" | 162style="text-align:right;" | 4,320style="text-align:right;" | 44style="text-align:right;" | 167style="text-align:right;" | 438style="text-align:right;" | 104ap2003
2003style="text-align:right;" | 700,000style="text-align:right;" | 6,000,000style="text-align:right;" | 11.70%style="text-align:right;" | 46style="text-align:right;" | 114style="text-align:right;" | 160style="text-align:right;" | 4,375style="text-align:right;" | 44style="text-align:right;" | 165style="text-align:right;" | 438style="text-align:right;" | 104ap2004
2004style="text-align:right;" | 700,000style="text-align:right;" | 6,000,000style="text-align:right;" | 11.70%style="text-align:right;" | 49style="text-align:right;" | 118style="text-align:right;" | 167style="text-align:right;" | 4,191style="text-align:right;" | 43style="text-align:right;" | 173style="text-align:right;" | 445style="text-align:right;" | 104ap2005
2006style="text-align:right;" | 704,000style="text-align:right;" | 6,036,000style="text-align:right;" | 11.70%style="text-align:right;" | 49style="text-align:right;" | 120style="text-align:right;" | 169style="text-align:right;" | 4,165style="text-align:right;" | 43style="text-align:right;" | 176style="text-align:right;" | 437style="text-align:right;" | 104ap2007
colspan="13" | Archdiocese of Johannesburg
2013style="text-align:right;" | 918,456style="text-align:right;" | 7,710,000style="text-align:right;" | 11.91%style="text-align:right;" | 44style="text-align:right;" | 137style="text-align:right;" | 181style="text-align:right;" | 5,074style="text-align:right;" | 50style="text-align:right;" | 173style="text-align:right;" | 361style="text-align:right;" | 130ap2014
2016style="text-align:right;" | 1,036,000style="text-align:right;" | 8,009,000style="text-align:right;" | 12.94%style="text-align:right;" | 41style="text-align:right;" | 131style="text-align:right;" | 172style="text-align:right;" | 6,023style="text-align:right;" | 48style="text-align:right;" | 163style="text-align:right;" | 333style="text-align:right;" | 131ap2017
2017style="text-align:right;" | 1,064,445style="text-align:right;" | 8,228,845style="text-align:right;" | 12.94%style="text-align:right;" | 46style="text-align:right;" | 132style="text-align:right;" | 178style="text-align:right;" | 5,980style="text-align:right;" | 61style="text-align:right;" | 172style="text-align:right;" | 314style="text-align:right;" | 133ap2018
2019style="text-align:right;" | 1,081,000style="text-align:right;" | 8,357,555style="text-align:right;" | 12.93%style="text-align:right;" | 52style="text-align:right;" | 132style="text-align:right;" | 184style="text-align:right;" | 5,875style="text-align:right;" | 69style="text-align:right;" | 172style="text-align:right;" | 318style="text-align:right;" | 133ap2020
2021style="text-align:right;" | 1,112,360style="text-align:right;" | 8,690,460style="text-align:right;" | 12.80%style="text-align:right;" | 51style="text-align:right;" | 127style="text-align:right;" | 178style="text-align:right;" | 6,249style="text-align:right;" | 60style="text-align:right;" | 165style="text-align:right;" | 310style="text-align:right;" | 133ap2022
2022style="text-align:right;" | 1,127,930style="text-align:right;" | 8,812,130style="text-align:right;" | 12.80%style="text-align:right;" | 45style="text-align:right;" | 131style="text-align:right;" | 176style="text-align:right;" | 6,409style="text-align:right;" | 65style="text-align:right;" | 168style="text-align:right;" | 307style="text-align:right;" | 132ap2023
2023style="text-align:right;" | 1,139,200style="text-align:right;" | 8,900,250style="text-align:right;" | 12.80%style="text-align:right;" | 46style="text-align:right;" | 130style="text-align:right;" | 176style="text-align:right;" | 6,473style="text-align:right;" | 64style="text-align:right;" | 165style="text-align:right;" | 290style="text-align:right;" | 132ap2024
colspan="13" align="right" |Source: Catholic-Hierarchy, which in turn takes the data from the Annuario Pontificio.{{cite web |last1=Cheney |first1=David |title=Archdiocese of Johannesburg |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djhnn.html |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |access-date=26 March 2025 |location=Kansas City}}

= Recent Number of Seminarians =

class="wikitable"

! Year !! Seminarians

2013style="text-align:right;" | 19
2015style="text-align:right;" | 23
2017style="text-align:right;" | 21
2018style="text-align:right;" | 15
2020style="text-align:right;" | 19
2021style="text-align:right;" | 12
2022style="text-align:right;" | 12

Suffragan dioceses

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Transvaal|Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal}}

External links

  • [http://www.catholicjhb.org.za/ Official website]
  • [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/joha0.htm GCatholic.org]
  • [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djhnn.html Catholic Hierarchy] Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources

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