Emanuel 'Mabathoana

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Emanuel Gregory 'Mabathoana OMI (born December 29, 1904 in Mokhokhong near Roma , Basutoland ; † September 20, 1966 ; according to other information Emmanuel' Mabathoana ) was the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Maseru . He also emerged as a linguist .

Life

Emanuel 'Mabathoana was born near Roma. His mother was a granddaughter of the former ruler Moshoeshoe I. 'Mabathonana began his studies under the Marist Fathers at St. Joseph Training College and continued them from 1924 at St. Theresa's Seminary in Roma, where he joined the Order of the Oblates (OMI) . On June 28, 1934 he was the second Mosotho to be ordained a priest . From 1934 to 1944 he taught as a professor at the Minor Seminary and the Major Seminary in Roma, before working as a lecturer in Bantu languages at Pius XII College for eight years . From 1950 to 1951 he studied African linguistics in Rome and London .

In 1953 he was elected Bishop of Leribe . In 1956 he was a member of the Spelling Committee of the Basutoland National Council and successfully campaigned for the retention of the independent spelling of Sesotho in Basutoland. The episcopal ordination donated to him on March 25, 1961 the previous bishop of Maseru , Joseph-Delphis Desrosiers OMI; Co- consecrators were William Patrick Whelan OMI, Bishop of Johannesburg , and Peter Kelleter CSSp , Bishop of Bethlehem .

'Mabathoana died in 1966 on a flight from Maseru to Pretoria , where he was going to attend a meeting.

Honors

A secondary school in Maseru is called 'Mabathoana High School' after him .

Works (selection)

  • Maele a Basotho. Roma College Review, four episodes, 1939-1941.
  • Les 25 Ans de Seminaire de Roma.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , pp. 195 f.
  2. ↑ Portrait at dacb.org ( Memento from September 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  3. ↑ Zakes Mda : Sometimes there is a void. Memoirs of an outsider. Macmillan, 2012, ISBN 978-1429949934 . Excerpts from books.google.de
predecessor Office successor
Joseph-Delphis Desrosiers Archbishop of Maseru
1961–1966 		Alfonso Liguori Morapeli OMI
personal data
SURNAME 'Mabathoana, Emanuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 'Mabathoana, Emanuel Gregory (full name); 'Mabathoana, Emmanuel Gregory (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lesothic religious, Archbishop of Maseru, linguist
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Mokhokhong near Roma , Basutoland
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 1966