Diocese of Iringa
| Diocese of Iringa | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mbeya |
| Diocesan bishop | Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa |
| Vicar General | Alois Mdemu |
| founding | March 3, 1922 |
| surface | 43,218 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (2018) |
| Residents | 2,552,116 (2018) |
| Catholics | 695,366 (2018) |
| proportion of | 27.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 72 (2018) |
| Religious priest | 38 (2018) |
| Catholics per priest | 6.322 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2018) |
| Friars | 332 (2018) |
| Religious sisters | 667 (2018) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Kihesa Sacred Heart Cathedral |
The Bistum Iringa ( lat. : Dioecesis Iringaënsis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Iringa .
history
The diocese of Iringa was on March 3, 1922 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quae rei from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Dar es Salaam as Apostolic Prefecture Iringa . On January 28, 1935, the Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa gave parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma . The Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa was founded on January 8, 1948 by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Digna sane raised to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On March 25, 1953 the Apostolic Vicariate Iringa was by Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Quemadmodum ad Nos raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam as a suffragan . The diocese of Iringa gave up on February 16, 1968 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Njombe . On November 18, 1987, the diocese of Iringa was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Songea as a suffragan. On December 21, 2018, it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mbeya as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Iringa
- Francesco Cagliero IMC , 1922-1935
- Attilio Beltramino IMC, 1936-1948
Vicars Apostolic of Iringa
- Attilio Beltramino IMC, 1948-1953
Bishops of Iringa
- Attilio Beltramino IMC, 1953-1965
- Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde , 1969–1985, then Archbishop of Tabora
- Norbert Wendelin Mtega , 1985–1992, then Archbishop of Songea
- Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa , since 1992
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Mbeya (Tanzania) e del primo nouns Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 21, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 (Italian).
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Quae rei , AAS 14 (1922), n.8, p. 221f.
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Digna sane , AAS 40 (1948), n.8, p. 306f.
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Quemadmodum ad Nos , AAS 45 (1953), n. 13, pp. 705ff.