Diocese of Kigoma
| Diocese of Kigoma | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tabora |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Mlola OSS |
| founding | 1880 |
| surface | 45,056 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,138,117 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 541,571 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 25.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,029 |
| Friars | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 146 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Our Lady of Victory Cathedral |
The Bistum Kigoma ( lat. : Dioecesis Kigomaensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kigoma .
history
The diocese of Kigoma was on September 27, 1880 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Central Africa as the Apostolic Vicariate Tanganyika . On May 10, 1946, the Apostolic Vicariate Tanganyika gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate Karema . The Apostolic Vicariate Tanganyika was renamed on May 10, 1946 in Apostolic Vicariate Kigoma .
On March 25, 1953, the Apostolic Vicariate Kigoma was by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Quemadmodum ad Nos raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tabora as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Tanganyika
- Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier MAfr , 1887–1888
- Léonce Bridoux MAfr, 1888-1890
- Adolphe Lechaptois MAfr, 1891-1917
- Joseph-Marie Birraux MAfr, 1920–1936, then Superior General of the White Fathers
- John van Sambeek MAfr, 1936-1946
Vicars Apostolic of Kigoma
- John van Sambeek MAfr, 1946-1953
Bishops of Kigoma
- John van Sambeek MAfr, 1953-1957
- James Holmes-Siedle MAfr, 1958–1969
- Alphonse Daniel Nsabi , 1969–1989
- Paul Ruzoka , 1989–2006, then Archbishop of Tabora
- Protase Rugambwa , 2008–2012, then Assistant Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
- Joseph Mlola OSS , since 2014