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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 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. Histo ...
(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 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. ...
, Archbishop of
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 ...
1982-1987:
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 ca ...
, Bishop of
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 ...
1987-1991:
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 as an enclave in South Africa. It is ...
, Bishop of Leribe 1991-1997:
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, sinc ...
, bishop of
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 ...
1997-2002:
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 ...
, Archbishop of
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 ...
2002-2010:
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, sinc ...
, bishop of
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 ...
2011 - ... :
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 ...
, Archbishop of
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 ...


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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 Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...
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