The St. Patrick's Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Mohale's Hoek, is a religious building in the town 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 ...
, part of the district of the same name in the African country of
Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...
.
History
St. Patrick's Cathedral is one of the five Catholic cathedrals that exist in that nation. The cathedral follows the Roman Catholic or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the Diocese of Mohale's Hoek (''Dioecesis Mohaleshoekensis'' created in 1977 by
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXII ...
by bull ''Ut fert creditum'') that is included in the ecclesiastical province of Maseru and depends on the
congregation for the evangelization of peoples
The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP; ) was a congregation (Roman Curia), congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for Catholic missions, missionary work and related activities. It is also kn ...
(''Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione'').
It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop John Joale Tlhomola.