Diocese of Mahenge
| Diocese of Mahenge | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam |
| Diocesan bishop | Agapiti Ndorobo |
| Vicar General | Callistus Mdai |
| founding | 1964 |
| surface | 25,253 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (December 31, 2011 / AP2012 ) |
| Residents | 277,221 ( 12/31/2011 / AP2012 ) |
| Catholics | 200,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP2012 ) |
| proportion of | 72.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (December 31, 2011 / AP2012 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (December 31, 2011 / AP2012 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,878 |
| Friars | 3 (December 31, 2011 / AP2012 ) |
| Religious sisters | 67 ( 12/31/2011 / AP2012 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King |
The Bistum Mahenge ( lat. : Dioecesis Mahengensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mahenge .
history
The diocese Mahenge was on April 21, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Praeceptum illud from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On January 14, 2012, the Diocese of Mahenge gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Ifakara .
Bishops of Mahenge
- Elias Mchonde , 1964–1969
- Nikasius Kipengele , 1970–1971
- Patrick Iteka , 1973-1993
- Agapiti Ndorobo , since 1995
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Praeceptum illud , AAS 57 (1965), n.3, pp. 209f.