Diocese of Bunda
| Diocese of Bunda | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mwanza |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 2010 |
| surface | 5,530 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 1,276,730 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 310.415 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 24.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,939 |
| Friars | 8 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 29 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Paul |
The Bistum Bunda ( lat. : Dioecesis Bundana ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Bunda .
history
The diocese Bunda was on November 27, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. established with the apostolic constitution Cum esset petitum from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Musoma and the Archdiocese of Mwanza and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mwanza as a suffragan . Renatus Leonard Nkwande was the first bishop until February 2019 .