Kayanga diocese
Kayanga diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Tanzania |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mwanza |
Diocesan bishop | Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza |
founding | 2008 |
surface | 7,716 km² |
Parishes | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Residents | 438.093 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics | 280,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
proportion of | 63.9% |
Diocesan priest | 40 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious priest | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 4,308 |
Religious sisters | 45 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
address | PO Box 93 Musoma Tanzania |
The Diocese of Kayanga ( Latin : Dioecesis Kayanganus ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Kayanga in Tanzania .
history
Pope Benedict XVI founded the diocese on August 14, 2008 from cession of territory by the diocese Rulenge and subordinated it to the Archdiocese of Mwanza as a suffragan . Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza has been bishop since August 14, 2008 .