The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru (Latin: Maseruen(us)) 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.
Archdiocese of Maseru Archidiœcesis Maseruenus | |
|---|---|
 Our Lady of Victories Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Lesotho |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,739 km2 (2,988 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 987,222 495,181 (50.2%) |
| Parishes | 36 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | May 8, 1894 |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of Victories Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 62 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Gerard Tlali Lerotholi |
History
edit- 8 May 1894: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Basutoland from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange in South Africa
- 18 February 1909: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basutoland
- 11 January 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Maseru
- 3 January 1961: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maseru
Leadership
edit- 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), appointed Bishop of Qacha’s Nek; see above
- Archbishops of Maseru
- Emanuel Mabathoana, OMI (3 January 1961 – 20 September 1966)
- Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, OMI (13 April 1967 – 17 May 1989)
- Bernard Mohlalisi, OMI (11 June 1990 – 30 June 2009)[1]
- Gerard Tlali Lerotholi (30 June 2009[1] – present)
Suffragan dioceses
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.11.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2019.