John Joale Tlhomola

John Joale Tlhomola (Servants of Christ the Priest), (born 12 March 1966), is a Lesothan Roman Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho since February 2014. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis on 11 February 2014. He was consecrated and installed at Mohale's Hoek on 10 May 2014.

Background and education He was born on 12 March 1966 in Pulane Ha Mosiuoa, Berea District, Archdiocese of Maseru, in Lesotho. He entered Seminary after completing primary and secondary school education. He started out at the Novitiate in the Secular Servants of Christ, the seminary in Hammanskraal, Gauteng Province, South Africa, where he studied from 1987 until 1988. He took his first vows as a member of the Order of the Servants of Christ the Priest (S.C.P.) in 1989. In 1995 he professed his perpetual vows. He was ordained a priest of his Catholic Religious Order on 28 March 1998.

Priest He was ordained a priest of the Servants of Christ the Priest Catholic Order on 28 March 1998. He served as priest until 11 February 2014.