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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Leribe, Lesotho, presented by Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I., until now parish priest of Moya and Saint Matthew in the metropolitan archdiocese of Pretoria, as well as consultor in the same archdiocese and provincial consultor of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in South Africa, as bishop of the diocese of Leribe, Lesotho.
Bishop Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I., was born on 10 December 1954 in Semonkong, in Lesotho, in the metropolitan archdiocese of Maseru. He studied philosophy at the Oblate Scholasticate in Lesotho and theology at the Saint John Vianney National Major Seminary in Pretoria, South Africa.
He was ordained a priest on 3 December 1988, and gave his perpetual vows on 9 December 1996.
He has held the following offices: parish priest of Saint Elizabeth’s in Mamaneng, Pretoria (1988-1992), parish priest of Saint Peter in Kagiso 1, Johannesburg (1993-1994), member of the formative team for the prenovitiate of Rayton, Pretoria (1994-1998), parish priest of Saint Raphael in Mamelodi, Pretoria (1994-2000), vicar forane of the Eastern Deanery (1999-2000), master of novices at the International Oblate Novitiate, Johannesburg (2002-2009 and 2015-2016), parish priest of Saint Anne in Atteridgeville and chaplain of Holy Trinity High School, Pretoria (2011-2013), chaplain of Saint Benedict’s College in Bedfordview (2013-2014), parish priest of Saint Peter’s in Cullinan and Saint Eugene of Mazenod in Refilwe.
Since 2018 he has served as parish priest of Moya and Saint Matthew in the metropolitan archdiocese of Pretoria and consultor of the same archdiocese, as well as provincial consultor of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in South Africa. (Agenzia Fides, 28/2/2025)
