Bishop Lawrence Ofentse Pheto

Bishop of Francistown, Botswana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Mar 1976		Born
8 Oct 2005	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gaborone, Botswana
10 Apr 2026	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Francistown, Botswana
27 Jun 2026	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Francistown, Botswana

MicroData Summary
Lawrence Ofentse Pheto
Bishop Lawrence Ofentse Pheto
(born 12 Mar 1976)
Bishop of Francistown

Event Place
Birth Place Ramotswa, Diocese of Gaborone
Ordained Priest St Conrad’s Catholic Mission, Ramotswa, Diocese of Gaborone
Ordained Bishop Obet Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown, Diocese of Francistown

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Francistown.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi †
Bishop of Gaborone
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński
Titular Archbishop of Limosano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako
Archbishop of Pretoria
Archbishop Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.
Bishop of Gaborone

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński (2020)
Titular Archbishop of Limosano
Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski (2009)
Titular Archbishop of Sejny
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q139105536

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Apr 2026
c1/loc: CB, 10 Apr 2026
ob: CB, 28 Apr 2026
c2+: CB, 23 Jun 2026

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