Setlalekgosi dies
26 Jan 2019
Bishop Emeritus Rt. Reverend Boniface Setlalekgosi of Roman Catholic Botswana has died.
Born in Serowe on September 14, 1927, Setlalekgosi died on January 25 at the Gaborone Private hospital at the age of 91.
He was appointed bishop in 1981 and ordained in 1982 in a historic move that saw him becoming the first Motswana bishop and the second in the history of the Catholic Church in Botswana after succeeding Bishop Urban Murphy, who died on February 27, 1981.
He retired in 2009. ENDS
Source : DailyNews Online
Author : DailyNews Online
Location : GABORONE
Event : Funeral Announcement
Date : 26 Jan 2019
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