Valentine Tsamma Seane | |
Bishop Emeritus of Gaborone | |
Church: | Christ the King Cathedral |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Pretoria |
Diocese: | Diocese of Gaborone |
Appointed: | 5 February 2009 |
Term Start: | 25 April 2009 |
Term End: | 9 August 2017 |
Predecessor: | Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi |
Ordination: | 19 March 1994 |
Consecration: | 25 April 2009 |
Consecrated By: | Archbishop James Patrick Green |
Birth Date: | 2 November 1966 |
Birth Place: | Lobatse, Botswana |
Motto: | Latin: Deus caritas est (God is love) |
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.
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.[1]
On 9 August 2017, Pope Francis ordered his dismissal from office.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]