The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located at 1 Green in the city of Bloemfontein in the Free State province,

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. It serves as the main church and seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (''Archidioecesis Bloemfonteinensis'') which was created in 1951 with the bull ''Suprema Nobis'' of

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and depends on the

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of the same name. Its metropolitan archbishop since 2020 is Zolile Peter Mpambani.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sacred Heart Cathedral, Church Roman Catholic cathedrals in South Africa Buildings and structures in Bloemfontein Churches in the Free State (province)

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