Diocese of Qacha's Nek
Diocese of Qacha's Nek | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Lesotho |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maseru |
Diocesan bishop | Joseph Mopeli Sephamola OMI |
founding | 1961 |
surface | 11,602 km² |
Parishes | 13 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 596,379 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 203,396 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 34.1% |
Diocesan priest | 11 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 13,560 |
Friars | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 95 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
The diocese of Qacha's Nek ( Latin Dioecesis Qachasnekensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Qacha's Nek in Lesotho .
The diocese was founded on January 3, 1961 from what was then the diocese of Maseru . It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maseru .
Ordinaries
- Joseph-Delphis Desrosiers OMI (1961–1981)
- Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane (1981-2010)
- Joseph Mopeli Sephamola OMI (since 2013)