Sebastian Koto Cardinal Khoarai, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho

Cardinal-Priest of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia

Motto: In Matrem Semper Habebunt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Sep 1929		Born
5 Jan 1950	20.3	Entered	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
6 Jan 1951	21.3	Professed	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
21 Dec 1956	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
10 Nov 1977	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
2 Apr 1978	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
11 Feb 2014	84.4	Retired	Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
19 Nov 2016	87.1	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	87.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia
17 Apr 2021	91.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho

MicroData Summary
Sebastian Koto Khoarai
Sebastian Koto Cardinal Khoarai O.M.I.
(born 11 Sep 1929, died 17 Apr 2021)
Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Consistory - 2016: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)

Event Place
Birth Place Koaling, Diocese of Leribe
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, Mohale’s Hoek, Diocese of Mohale’s Hoek
Death Place Lebreton House, Mazenod
Buried Place (Original) St. Patrick, Cathedral, Mohale’s Hoek, Diocese of Mohale’s Hoek

a priest for 64.3 years
a bishop for 43.0 years
a cardinal for 4.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Maseru
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Johannesburg
Bishop Paul Khoarai †
Bishop of Leribe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I. † (1967)
Archbishop of Maseru
Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Joale Tlhomola, S.C.P. (2014)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I. (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2262875

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 11 Feb 2014
card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
~i: CB, 1 Mar 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 47, Number 3,250
d: CB, 18 Apr 2021
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 248, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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