Diocese of Qacha’s Nek
Qachasneken(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
The Diocese of Qacha's Nek is a Latin rite suffragan see in southeastern Lesotho, erected in 1961 from the Diocese of Maseru. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maseru, with the Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Qachasneken(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001002693
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 189,551
- Population
- 382,933
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 49.5%
- Priests
- 13
- Catholics per priest
- 14,581
- Extent
- 11,409 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Joseph Mopeli Sephamola
- Born
- 14 March 1960
- Birthplace
- Tsoelike Ha Atlali
- 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 the Holy Redeemer stands in Qacha’s Nek, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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 LeribeLeribe
- Diocese of Mohale’s HoekMohale’s Hoek
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 5, Qacha’s Nek 600, Lesotho
- Telephone
- 63.127.872
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices 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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.