Anglican Church in Lesotho

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The Anglican Church in Lesotho is the third largest denomination in Lesotho . It forms a diocese within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa .

history

In the 1850s, asked Moshoeshoe I. , the head of the Basotho , the Anglican Bishop of Cape Town , missionaries to send. He did not do this, but Moshoeshoe sent two younger sons to the Anglican school in Zonnebloem in Cape Town. One of them, Jeremiah Libopuoa, was the first Mosotho to be sent to England to train as a priest because of his talent , but he died there in 1863. In the same year the bishop of the newly established Bloemfontein diocese held a service at Thaba Bosiu . In 1875 a first priest was hired for the Basotho. In 1876 mission stations were established in Mohale's Hoek and Hlotse . The missionaries were instructed to distance themselves from the British colonial administration and the barena . Nevertheless, they were persecuted against the colonial administration in the course of the Basotho Gun War , as they were believed to be pro-British. As a result, the number of mission stations and church members increased again. In 1894 an Anglican teachers' college was founded in Hlotse, which existed until 1907. In 1906, 1,000 Basotho students attended Anglican schools and eleven priests worked in eight stations. In 1909 the morena e moholo Griffith Lerotholi was baptized Anglican, but shortly afterwards he converted to Catholicism .

In 1913 a Mosotho was ordained an Anglican priest for the first time. In 1950 the Diocese of Basutoland became independent; With the independence of Lesotho in 1966, the diocese was renamed "Lesotho". Desmond Tutu was the Anglican Bishop of Lesotho from 1976 to 1978 .

present

In 2007 the proportion of members of the Anglican Church in Lesotho was around 19 percent.

The current bishop is Mallane Adam Taaso. He resides in the capital Maseru . The church is divided into four archdiaconates. The main church is the Cathedral of St Mary and St. James in Maseru. The facilities include several schools and the St. James Mission Hospital in Mantsonyane . Almost 40 priests are responsible for around 30 parishes. The diocese belongs to the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL).

List of bishops

  • 1950-1976: John Maund
  • 1976-1978: Desmond Tutu
  • 1978-1997: Philip Mokuku
  • 1997-1999: Andrew Duma
  • 1999-2006: Joseph Tsubella
  • since 2008: Mallane Adam Taaso

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weis fields Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 5.
  2. ^ A b c Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 6.
  3. ↑ Information from the State Government of the USA ( Memento from August 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  4. ^ The Bishop of The Diocese of Lesotho. lesotho.tacosa.org, accessed May 4, 2020
  5. ↑ a b Official website , accessed on March 7, 2013
  6. ↑ History of the Diocese , accessed March 7, 2013