Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg

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

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

  Bishops

• Vicars Apostolic of Transvaal
• * Bishop William Miller, O.M.I.
• * Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I.
• Vicars Apostolic of Johannesburg
• * Bishop David O'Leary, O.M.I.
• * Bishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I.
• Bishops of Johannesburg
• * Bishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I., appointed Archbishop of Bloemfontein
• * Bishop Hugh Boyle
• * Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I.
• * Bishop Reginald Joseph Orsmond
• * Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.
• Archbishops of Johannesburg
• * Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.

  Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

• William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I.

  Auxiliary Bishops

• Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I., appointed Bishop of Umtata
• Zithulele Patrick Mvemve, appointed Bishop of Klerksdorp
• Reginald Joseph Orsmond, appointed Bishop here
• Duncan Theodore Tsoke

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Peter John Holiday, appointed Bishop of Kokstad in 2011
• Luc Julian Matthys, appointed Bishop of Armidale, Australia in 1999
• Thomas Graham Rose, appointed Bishop of Dundee in 2008

  Suffragan dioceses

• Klerksdorp
• Manzini
• Witbank