Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria

Archdiocese of Pretoria Archidioecesis Praetoriensis
Location
Country	South Africa
Ecclesiastical province	Pretoria
Metropolitan	Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng
Statistics
Area	16,573 km² (6,399 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 4,705,000 186,383 (4.0%)
Parishes	59
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	9 April 1948
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Patron saint	Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Good Counsel
Secular priests	46
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	William Slattery
Vicar General	Abel Gabuza
Emeritus Bishops	George Francis Daniel Paul Mandla Khumalo
Website
sacbc.org.za

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria (Latin: Praetorien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa.

History

1948.04.09: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Pretoria from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in South Africa and the Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal
1951.01.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria

The seat of the archbishop is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Pretoria.

Archbishop John Colburn Garner (9 April 1948 Appointed - 28 April 1975 Resigned)
Archbishop George Francis Daniel (28 April 1975 Appointed - 24 November 2008 Retired)
Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M. (24 November 2008 Appointed - 15 December 2009 Resigned)
Archbishop William Slattery, O.F.M. (23 December 2010 Appointed - present); he also serves as Military Ordinary of South Africa