Archbishop Emanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Dec 1904		Born
5 Jan 1932	27.0	Entered	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
6 Jan 1933	28.0	First Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
6 May 1934	29.3	Perpetual Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
28 Jun 1934	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
11 Dec 1952	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
25 Mar 1953	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
3 Jan 1961	56.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
20 Sep 1966	61.7	Died	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho

MicroData Summary
Emanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana
Archbishop Emanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana O.M.I.
(born 29 Dec 1904, died 20 Sep 1966)
Archbishop of Maseru

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Mafiken-Roma, Prefecture Apostolic of Basutoland
Ordained Priest Church, Roma, Vicariate Apostolic of Basutoland
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Saint Monica Mission, Tsikoane
Death Place Pretoria, Archdiocese of Pretoria, South Africa
Buried Place (Original) Church, Roma, Archdiocese of Maseru

a priest for 32.2 years
a bishop for 13.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Tulana
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph-Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Maseru
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Johannesburg
Bishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Bethlehem

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph-Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. † (1948)
Bishop of Maseru
Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. † (1926)
Titular Bishop of Mopsuestia
Archbishop Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. † (1897)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia
Archbishop Louis Philip Adélard Langevin, O.M.I. † (1895)
Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre † (1873)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. † (1963)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. † (1954)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mafiken-Roma, Prefecture Apostolic of Basutoland
Ordained Priest	Church, Roma, Vicariate Apostolic of Basutoland
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Saint Monica Mission, Tsikoane
Death Place	Pretoria, Archdiocese of Pretoria, South Africa
Buried Place (Original)	Church, Roma, Archdiocese of Maseru

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89377353
WikiData: Q23060003

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 21
c1/loc: CB, 9 Mar 2025

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