Joseph-Delphis Desrosiers

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Joseph Delphis Desrosiers OMI (born February 23, 1906 in Embrun , Canada , † September 22, 1989 ; according to other information Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers ) was a bishop of the diocese of Maseru and the diocese of Qacha's Nek .

Life

Desrosiers was ordained a priest in 1930, and in 1932 he came to Basutoland , where he took over the management of the Mazenod Institute in 1942 . In 1948 he was appointed titular bishop of Pachnemunis and episcopal vicar of the Maseru diocese. On January 11, 1951, he was appointed bishop of Maseru in what was then Basutoland .

He received his episcopal ordination from Bishop Joseph Gotthardt OMI; Co- consecrators were Herman Joseph Meysing OMI, Archbishop of Bloemfontein , and Johannes Baptist Lück SCI , Bishop of Aliwal . In 1961 he moved to the newly created diocese of Qacha's Nek, where he retired in 1981. Des Rosiers died in 1989.

During his tenure in Maseru, he expanded Catholic schools and promoted the training of local clergy. He was one of the Catholic officials who, together with the Basotho National Party, fought the Pan-African Basutoland African Congress . Among other things, Desrosiers wrote numerous articles in the church paper Moeletsi , in which he warned against the "communism" of the BAC.

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  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. 76.
  2. ↑ a b Entry on Joseph-Delphis Desrosiers at catholic-hierarchy.org (English), accessed on January 25, 2016
  3. ^ 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. 13-14.
predecessor Office successor
Joseph Bonhomme OMI Bishop of Maseru
1951–1961 		Emanuel Gregory 'Mabathoana OMI
predecessor Office successor
--- Bishop of Qacha's Nek
1961–1981 		Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane OMI
personal data
SURNAME Desrosiers, Joseph-Delphis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian chaplain, Bishop of Maseru and Qacha's Nek
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Embrun (Canada)
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1989