Archdiocese of Maseru
| Archdiocese of Maseru | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Lesotho |
| Diocesan bishop | Gerard Tlali Lerotholi OMI |
| surface | 7,739 km² |
| Parishes | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 835,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 432,000 (2014) |
| proportion of | 51.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 85 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,963 |
| Friars | 127 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 333 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| address | PO Box 267 19 Orpen Rd. Maseru 100 Lesotho |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Leribe Diocese of Mohale's Hoek Diocese of Qacha's Nek |
The Archdiocese of Maseru ( Latin Archidioecesis Maseruena ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Maseru in Lesotho .
history
The forerunner of today's diocese is that by Pope Leo XIII. the Apostolic Prefecture of Basutoland founded on May 8, 1894 as a result of cession of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange ; he subordinated the administration of the prefecture to the religious community of the Oblates . On February 18, 1909, Pope Pius X was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Basutoland and on January 11, 1951, Pope Pius XII raised it to a diocese . Through Pope John XXIII. the foundation of today's archbishopric took place in 1961.
The suffragan dioceses in Leribe (1952), Qacha's Nek (1961) and Mohale's Hoek (1977) are assigned to the Archdiocese of Maseru .
Ordinaries
- Jules-Joseph Cénez OMI , Prefect from 1897 to 1909 and Episcopal Vicar from 1909 to 1930
- Joseph Bonhomme OMI, Episcopal Vicar from 1933 to 1947
- Joseph-Delphis Desrosiers OMI (1948–1961), Episcopal Vicar from 1948 to 1951, Bishop from 1951 to 1961, from 1961 Bishop of Qacha's Nek
- Emanuel 'Mabathoana OMI, Archbishop from 1961 to 1966
- Alfonso Liguori Morapeli OMI, Archbishop from 1967 to 1989
- Bernard Mohlalisi OMI, Archbishop from 1990 to 2009
- Gerard Tlali Lerotholi OMI, Archbishop since 2009