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 Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...

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

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...

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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