Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Reverend Father Lawrence Ofentse Pheto, a priest of Gaborone Diocese, as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Francistown, making Monsignor (Mons) Pheto the third bishop of the local Church in the second largest city in Botswana. The announcement was made public on Friday, 10 April 2026, by the Apostolic Nuncio to Southern Africa, Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński. Until the time of this appointment, Francistown…
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