Installed 25 April 2009 Ordination March 19, 1994 Consecration April 25, 2009 | Appointed February 5, 2009 Name Valentine Seane | |
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Motto Deus caritas est (God is love) Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria | ||
Valentine Tsamma Seane (born 2 November 1966) is the former bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone at the Christ the King Cathedral in Gaborone, Botswana. He is the second Motswana to be a bishop in Botswana.
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Biography
Valentine Tsamma Seane was born in Lobatse, Botswana and was ordained a priest on 19 March 1994. Seane was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Gaborone on 5 February 2009 and ordained 25 April 2009.
On 9 August 2017, Pope Francis ordered his dismissal from office.
Controversy
Seane has been involved in controversy surrounding his consecration. Supporters of Father Johannes Kgaodi, a priest at the Corpus Catholic Church in Broadhurst, have stated that Kgaodi is the rightful successor to the title of bishop. The faction cites Seane's insistence of renting a 2 million pula (US$312,000 as of April 2011) house using the church's money instead of using the one provided by the church as a questionable and corrupt act as bishop.