Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown
Archdiocese of Freetown Archidiœcesis Liberae Urbis | |
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Sacred Heart Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Sierra Leone |
| Coordinates | 8°29′00″N 13°14′00″W / 8.4833°N 13.2333°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,806 sq mi (4,680 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | April 18, 1950 |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Freetown |
| Secular priests | 41 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Edward Tamba Charles |
| Suffragans | Bo, Kenema, Makeni |
The Archdiocese of Freetown (Archidioecesis Liberae Urbis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Sierra Leone. Its episcopal see is the city of Freetown, the capital and most populous city of the African country. It is a metropolitan see with three suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.