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Catholic Church In Lesotho
The Catholic Church in Lesotho is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Approximately 90 percent of the population are Christians, of whom half are Catholics.International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Lesotho United States (September 14, 2007). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the .'' |
Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a population of about million. It was previously the British Crown colony of Basutoland, which declared independence from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966. It is a fully sovereign state and is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, and the Southern African Development Community. The name ''Lesotho'' roughly translates to "land of the Sotho". History Basutoland Basutoland emerged as a single body politic, polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Moshoeshoe, a son of Mokhachane, a minor tribal chief, chief of the Bakoteli lineage, formed his own clan and became a chief around 1804. Between 1820 and 1823, he and his followers settled at the Buth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basutoland Congress Party
The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-Africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho. The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo. The party was renamed the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) in 1957 and retained this name after independence in 1966, stating that Lesotho was not truly independent. Leballo left the party in 1959 to form the Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa (PAC). The BCP lost the 1965 election but won in 1970. It was denied power by a coup d'état in support of the defeated prime minister Leabua Jonathan. In 1974, following an unsuccessful rising, the BCP sent 178 men for military training by the PAC in Gaddafi's Libya. In 1979 they began a guerrilla war as the Lesotho Liberation Army (LLA). The party won a landslide victory at the 1993 general election, and its leader Ntsu Mokhehle became prime minister. Mokhehle left the party in 1997 with his faction to form the Lesotho Congress for Democracy. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church In Lesotho
The Catholic Church in Lesotho is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Approximately 90 percent of the population are Christians, of whom half are Catholics.International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Lesotho United States (September 14, 2007). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the .'' |
List Of Saints From Africa
This is a list of saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God from Africa, as recognized by the Catholic Church or other Christian denominations. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the states or territories of Africa. Before the Arab Conquest In the first centuries of the Church, Africa produced many of her leading lights. The Catholic presence in Africa was weakened by the schism following the Council of Chalcedon which resulted in the separation between the Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Church, and even more so by the rise of Islam. Following the Arab conquest of northern Africa, the Catholic Church was largely absent from the continent before modern times, although the Coptic, and later Ethiopic, Orthodox Churches remained. The following are some of the notable saints from the first to seventh centuries, though it is a very incomplete list. Popes Three of the early popes were either from Africa themselves or children of African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Qacha’s Nek
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qacha's Nek ( la, Qachasneken(sis)) is a diocese located in the town of Qacha’s Nek in the Ecclesiastical province of Maseru in Lesotho. History * January 3, 1961: Established as Diocese of Qacha’s Nek from Diocese of Maseru Leadership ;Bishops of Qacha’s Nek *Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. (January 3, 1961 – 1981) *Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane (1981-2010) * Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I. (June 19, 2013 -) See also *Roman Catholicism in Lesotho Sources GCatholic.org Qacha's Nek Qacha's Nek is, since 1888, the Camptown (Lesotho), camptown (capital) of Qacha's Nek District in Lesotho, only two kilometers from the Lesotho–South Africa border, South African border at above sea level. It has a population of approximat ... Christian organizations established in 1961 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1961 establishments in Basutoland Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Maseru [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Mohale’s Hoek
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mohale's Hoek ( la, Mohaleshoeken(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Mohale’s Hoek in the ecclesiastical province of Maseru in Lesotho. History * November 10, 1977: Established as Diocese of Mohale’s Hoek from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maseru Ordinaries Bishops of Mohale's Hoek * Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. (1977-2014) (elevated to Cardinal in 2016) * John Joale Tlhomola (2014–present) See also *Roman Catholicism in Lesotho References External links GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohale's Hoek Mohale's Hoek Mohale's Hoek is the capital city of Mohale's Hoek District in Lesotho. It had a population of approximately 40,040 in 2016.Lesotho Bureau of StatisticsCensus Pre Results2006. History Mohale's Hoek had first been inhabited by the San who were fo ... Christian organizations established in 1977 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1977 establishments in Lesoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Leribe
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leribe ( la, Leriben(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Leribe in the Ecclesiastical province of Maseru in Lesotho. History * December 11, 1952: Established as Diocese of Leribe from the Diocese of Maseru Leadership * Bishops of Leribe (Latin Church) ** Bishop Emanuel Mabathoana (1952.12.11 – 1961.01.03), appointed Archbishop of Maseru ** Bishop Ignatius Phakoe (1961.01.03 – 1968.06.18) ** Bishop Paul Khoarai (1970.03.07 – 2009.06.30) ** Bishop Augustine Tumaole Bane Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Afric ... (since 2009.09.19) Sources GCatholic.org Leribe Christian organizations established in 1952 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1952 establishments in Basutoland Roman Cathol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Maseru
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru ( la, Maseruen(a)) is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Maseru in Lesotho. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Our Lady of Victories Cathedral. History * 1894.05.08: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Basutoland from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange in South Africa * 1909.02.18: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basutoland * 1951.01.11: Promoted as Diocese of Maseru * 1961.01.03: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maseru Leadership ;Prefects Apostolic of Basutoland * Father Jules-Joseph Cénez, OMI (1895 – 25 January 1909); ''see below'' ;Vicars Apostolic of Basutoland * Jules-Joseph Cénez, OMI (25 January 1909 – 24 May 1930); ''see above'' * Joseph Bonhomme, OMI (25 April 1933 – 8 March 1947) * Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, OMI (11 March 1948 – 11 January 1951); ''see below'' ;Bishops of Maseru * Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, OMI (11 January 1951 – 3 January 1961), appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these courts was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho Evangelical Church
The Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa (LECSA, st, Kereke ea Evangeli Lesotho e Boroa ho Afrika) is one of the oldest Protestant churches in Africa, established in 1833 by the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society. They received the support of the local king, and under its protection the church developed. The first mission station was in Morija. In 1868 Lesotho became a British protectorate. In 1898 a Synod was opened, while in 1964 the church gained independence. The Lesotho Evangelical Church has 340,500 members, 112 parishes and hundred house fellowships. The church affirms the Apostles Creed and Heidelberg Catechism. The church is Presbyterian in church government, with sessions, consistory and Presbyteries and the General Assembly. Official languages are English and Sesotho. It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC, or CETA) is an ecumenical fellowship that repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basotho National Party
The Basotho National Party is a political party in Lesotho, founded in 1959 in colonial Basutoland as the Basutoland National Party by Leabua Jonathan. He was Prime Minister from the 1965 general election until the 1986 coup d'état. In the 1993 general election, the BNP received almost 23% of the vote but did not win any seats in the National Assembly, with all 65 seats going to the party's rival, the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP). It suffered a similar defeat in the 1998 general election, in which it won 24.5% of the vote but only one seat in the National Assembly. Due to its lack of success in winning constituencies, the party sought the introduction of proportional representation in deciding the allocation of seats; as a compromise, a mixed system providing for 40 compensatory seats that would be decided through proportional representation (in addition to the 80 constituency seats) was introduced.''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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