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Lesotho Catholic Bishops' Conference
The Lesotho Catholic Bishops' Conference is a member of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). The local bishops are members of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Lesotho (Lesotho Catholic Bishops' Conference). Presidents of the Bishops' Conference 1972-1982: Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, Archbishop of Maseru 1982-1987: Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Bishop of Mohale's Hoek 1987-1991: Paul Khoarai, Bishop of Leribe 1991-1997: Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane, bishop of Qacha's Nek 1997-2002: Bernard Mohlalisi, Archbishop of Maseru 2002-2010: Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane, bishop of Qacha's Nek 2011 - ... : Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, Archbishop of Maseru References External links * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/LS.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/ls.html Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symposium Of Episcopal Conferences Of Africa And Madagascar
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar or SECAM ( French: Symposium des Conférences Épiscopales d'Afrique et de Madagascar) is an agency of the Catholic Church which includes the bishops of Africa and Madagascar. History The SECAM was born, on the occasion of the Second Vatican Council, to express the will of the African bishops to speak and act together, overcoming the language difference, historical and cultural. The project, submitted to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was approved in 1968. The Symposium was convened for the first time during the visit of Pope Paul VI to Uganda in 1969. Organization SECAM includes a presidential council, a General Secretariat, and special committees: the Committee on doctrinal and pastoral, social and legal committee, the Committee on Finance and Administration, the Committee for African Affairs, the union of African collaboration. Presidents # 1969 - Laurean Rugambwa # 1969–1978 - Paul Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Liguori Morapeli
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th. and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th Century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maseru
Maseru is the capital and largest city of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, Maseru lies directly on the Lesotho–South Africa border. Maseru had a population of 330,760 in the 2016 census. The city was established as a police camp and assigned as the capital after the country became a British protectorate in 1869. When the country achieved independence in 1966, Maseru retained its status as capital. The name of the city is a Sesotho word meaning "red sandstones". History Maseru was founded by the British as a small police camp in 1869, following the conclusion of the Free State–Basotho Wars when Basutoland became a British protectorate. Maseru is located at the edge of the "conquered territories" relinquished to the Orange Free State (now the Free State province of South Africa) as part of the peace terms. It was located west of Basotho King Moshoeshoe I's stronghold of Thaba Bosiu, the previous ''de facto'' capital. A bust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Koto Khoarai
Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. (11 September 1929 – 17 April 2021) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho from 1977 to 2014. He was made a cardinal in 2016 and was the first and so far the only cardinal from Lesotho. Biography Khoarai was born in Koaling in the diocese of Leribe in 1929. He entered the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and was ordained a priest in 1956. In 1977 he was appointed bishop of Mohale's Hoek. He received his episcopal consecration in 1978. In May 2006, he submitted his resignation upon reaching the age limit of 75, but remained as apostolic administrator of the diocese until February 2014. From 1982 to 1987 he served as president of the Episcopal Conference of Lesotho. On 9 October 2016, Pope Francis announced that Khoarai would be created a cardinal on 19 November 2016 and become Lesotho's first cardinal. Due to his health he was unable to attend the consistory on 19 November, but he later received the biretta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 found there by the Baphuthi around 1795. The Baphuthi settled in Kubake, the small mountain fortress shaped like a castle, near the present Likuena High School while some settled at Thaba-Ts'oeu. Chief Moorosi of the Baphuthi is said to have been there during the journey to this new home. They later settled below the foothills of Thaba-Linoha, north of the present Bethesda mission and the area was later called Maphutseng, which simply means the plural of a certain variety of a pumpkin. In singular it is Lephuts'e. This was found in plenty on the fertile bank of Maphuts'eng River. Some Baphuthi inhabited the area bordering Senqu River, Morifi and across the river into what is now Quthing. After 1824, the area was inhabited by Mohale, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Khoarai
Paul Khoarai (May 29, 1933 – December 27, 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leribe, 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 Sou .... Ordained to the priesthood in 1963, Khoarai was named bishop in 1970 and retired in 2009. Notes 1933 births 2012 deaths Lesotho Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Leribe {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlotse
Hlotse (also Leribe) is an important market town in Lesotho. It is situated on the Hlotse River, near the South African border. The town was founded in 1876 by a British missionary, Reverend John Widdicombe. It was a colonial centre until Lesotho gained its independence. The population in 2016 was 38,558. The alternate name, Leribe, comes from the adjacent French Protestant Leribe Mission, founded in 1859 by François Coillard. Hlotse is also called Leribe because it is the camptown in the district of Leribe. The main Basotho Headquarters for Help Lesotho Help Lesotho is a non-governmental organization that was founded in 2004 by Dr. Peg Herbert. Based in Ottawa, Canada, Help Lesotho is made up of dedicated people, working to help prevent HIV/AIDS in the country of Lesotho, which has the 2nd highe ... is in Hlotse. Places of interest Three different sightseeing locations are the Leribe Craft Centre, statue in front of the District Administration office, and an old milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane
Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane (September 17, 1938 – July 17, 2010) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Qacha's Nek, Lesotho. Ordained to the priesthood on December 19, 1964, for the Qacha's Nek Qacha's Nek is, since 1888, the camptown (capital) of Qacha's Nek District in Lesotho, only two kilometers from the South African border at above sea level. It has a population of approximately 15,900 (2016). It is home to Machabeng Gove ... Diocese, Bitsoane was appointed bishop of the diocese on July 17, 1981, and was ordained on October 11, 1981. He died in office. Notes External links 1938 births 2010 deaths Lesotho Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Qacha's Nek {{africa-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qacha's Nek
Qacha's Nek is, since 1888, the camptown (capital) of Qacha's Nek District in Lesotho, only two kilometers from the South African border at above sea level. It has a population of approximately 15,900 (2016). It is home to Machabeng Government Hospital, one of the two hospitals in the district (the other being the Lesotho Evangelical Church's Tebellong Hospital, which is about away, across the Orange River which is known as Senqu in Lesotho). Tourism features The town is home to Lesotho's first and only Snake Park, which is conveniently situated at the foot of the historic Letloepe hill/rock formation. This is where the cave of Qacha, the son of the Baphuthi chief Moorosi, after whom the town is named, is situated. ("Letloepe" means the cobra's defensive hood, and is the alternative name for Qacha's Nek). The locality may be the only place in Africa where California Redwood trees grow (the area is visible on the photo, to the right-hand side of the wooded Letloepe hill). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Mohlalisi
Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi O.M.I. (March 16, 1933 – July 24, 2020) was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru in Lesotho from 1990 to 2009. On June 30, 2009, his resignation due to age was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI. He was succeeded as Archbishop by Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, ..., a professor at the National University of Lesotho. Mohlalisi was ordained as a priest on July 14, 1963. References External links Bernard Mohlalisi at the Catholic-hierarchy.org 1933 births 2020 deaths Lesotho Roman Catholic archbishops 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa Roman Catholic archbishops of Maseru Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Tlali Lerotholi
Gerard Tlali Lerotholi O.M.I. (born 12 February 1954) is a Lesothan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho, since 2009. Biography Gerard Tlali Lerotholi was born on 12 February 1954 in the mission of St. James in the Diocese of Qacha's Nek. His family belongs to the lineage of the royal family of Lesotho. He entered the novitiate of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Quthing in 1975. He studied philosophy at the St. Augustine's Major Seminary in Roma and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He earned his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He made his perpetual vows in 1981 and was ordained a priest in 1982. From 1982 to 1987 he was Professor at St. Augustine's Major Seminary. From 1987 to 1995 he worked toward a doctorate in sacred theology at St. Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. From 1995 to 1999 he was an assistant at an O.M.I. formation house in Canada. From 1999 to 2009 he held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
