Gerard Tlali Lerotholi

Gerard Tlali Lerotholi O.M.I. (born 12 February 1954) is a Mosotho prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho, since 2009.

Biography Gerard Tlali Lerotholi was born on 12 February 1954 in the mission of St. James in the Diocese of Qacha's Nek. His family belongs to the lineage of the royal family of Lesotho. He entered the novitiate of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Quthing in 1975. He studied philosophy at the St. Augustine's Major Seminary in Roma and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He earned his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He made his perpetual vows in 1981 and was ordained a priest in 1982. He received his episcopal consecration on 12 September from his predecessor Archbishop Bernard Mohlalisi. Benedict presented him with his pallium, his symbol of office as a metropolitan archbishop, on 29 June 2010.

In October 2009 at the Synod of Bishops' special assembly for Africa, he described how elections in Lesotho were often followed by social unrest as the results were disputed and that "the Lesotho Christian Council of Churches is asked to mediate" and it is "often the Catholic Church which plays the most important part in resolving conflict in Lesotho".

As president of the Lesotho Episcopal Conference, he participated in the Synod on the Family in 2014 and 2015.

Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture on 11 November 2019.