Bishop Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I.

Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho

Note(s): (was priest/Cong. Missionary Sons of Jesus/diocesan right)

Motto: Ut Unum Simus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Dec 1954		Born
3 Dec 1988	33.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Other
9 Dec 1996	41.9	Perpetual Vows	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
28 Feb 2025	70.2	Appointed	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
10 May 2025	70.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho

MicroData Summary
Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole
Bishop Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole O.M.I.
(born 10 Dec 1954)
Bishop of Leribe

Event Place
Birth Place Semonkong, Diocese of Maseru
Ordained Priest Our Lady of Victory (Mofumahali was Thlolo), Cathedral, Maseru, Archdiocese of Maseru
Ordained Bishop Outside, Near, St. Monica's, Cathedral, Leribe, Diocese of Leribe

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Leribe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop George Francis Daniel
Archbishop of Pretoria
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako
Archbishop of Pretoria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Maseru
Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I.
Bishop Emeritus of Leribe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako (2011)
Archbishop of Pretoria
Archbishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. (1994)
Archbishop of Pretoria
Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q132817645

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Feb 2025
opd/c1: CB, 9 Mar 2025
ob: CB, 12 Mar 2025
c2+: CB, 21 Mar 2025

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