Diocese of Leribe
Leriben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Leribe, Lesotho
The Diocese of Leribe is a Latin Church diocese in Lesotho, established on 11 December 1952 from the Diocese of Maseru. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maseru, with Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole appointed bishop in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1952
- Latin
- Leriben(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001988
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 266,753
- Population
- 455,700
- Catholic share
- 58.5%
- Priests
- 33
- Catholics per priest
- 8,083
- Extent
- 5,129 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole
- Born
- 10 December 1954
- Birthplace
- Semonkong
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Monica, Tsikoane stands in Leribe, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hotse.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Maseru
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Maseru.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaseruMaseru
- Diocese of Mohale’s HoekMohale’s Hoek
- Diocese of Qacha’s NekQacha’s Nek
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Leribe, Lesotho, within the ecclesiastical province of Maseru, stands the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leribe (Latin: Leriben(sis)).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 1, Santa Monica 290, Lesotho
- Telephone
- 59.01.17.22
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].