Diocese of Leribe
| Diocese of Leribe | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Lesotho |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maseru |
| Diocesan bishop | Augustine Tumaole Bane OMI |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 5,215 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 439,462 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 250,645 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 57% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,962 |
| Friars | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 162 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| address | PO Box 1 Saint Monica 390 Lesotho |
The diocese of Leribe ( Latin Dioecesis Leribensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Hlotse (Leribe) in Lesotho .
The diocese was founded on December 11, 1952 from what was then the diocese of Maseru . It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maseru .
Ordinaries
- Emanuel Mabathoana OMI (1952–1961), later Archbishop of Maseru
- Ignatius Phakoe OMI (1961–1968)
- Paul Khoarai (1970-2009)
- Augustinus Tumaole Bane OMI (since 2009)