Diocese of Geita
| Diocese of Geita | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mwanza |
| Diocesan bishop | Flavian Kassala |
| founding | 1984 |
| surface | 10,697 km² |
| Parishes | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,326,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 350,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 26.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,462 |
| Friars | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 42 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Website | www.dioceseofgeita.net |
The Bistum Geita ( lat. : Dioecesis Geitaensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Geita .
history
The diocese of Geita was established on November 8, 1984 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Summi Pontificis from cessions of territory from the diocese of Mwanza and subordinated to the archdiocese of Tabora as a suffragan . On November 18, 1987, the diocese of Geita was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mwanza as a suffragan.
Bishops of Geita
- Aloysius Balina , 1984–1997, then Bishop of Shinyanga
- Damian Dalu , 2000–2014, then Archbishop of Songea
- Flavian Kassala since 2016
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Summi Pontificis , AAS 77 (1985), n.3, p. 276.