Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru

January 01, 1970

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru (Latin: Maseruen(a)) is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Maseru in Lesotho. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Our Lady of Victories Cathedral.

Our Lady of Victories Cathedral in Maseru

History edit

8 May 1894: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Basutoland from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange in South Africa
18 February 1909: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basutoland
11 January 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Maseru
3 January 1961: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maseru

Leadership edit

Prefects Apostolic of Basutoland

Father Jules-Joseph Cénez, OMI (1895 – 25 January 1909); see below

Vicars Apostolic of Basutoland

Jules-Joseph Cénez, OMI (25 January 1909 – 24 May 1930); see above
Joseph Bonhomme, OMI (25 April 1933 – 8 March 1947)
Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, OMI (11 March 1948 – 11 January 1951); see below

Bishops of Maseru

Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, OMI (11 January 1951 – 3 January 1961), appointed Bishop of Qacha’s Nek; see above

Archbishops of Maseru

Emanuel Mabathoana, OMI (3 January 1961 – 20 September 1966)
Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, OMI (13 April 1967 – 17 May 1989)
Bernard Mohlalisi, OMI (11 June 1990 – 30 June 2009)^[1]
Gerard Tlali Lerotholi (30 June 2009^[1] – present)

Suffragan dioceses edit

See also edit

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.11.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

Sources edit

GCatholic.org

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January 01, 1970

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