Diocese of Mbinga
| Diocese of Mbinga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Songea |
| Diocesan bishop | John Chrisostom Ndimbo |
| Vicar General | Jacob Kinunda |
| founding | 1986 |
| surface | 11,400 km² |
| Parishes | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 524,945 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 392,871 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 74.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 58 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6.236 |
| Friars | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 261 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
The Bistum Mbinga ( latin Dioecesis Mbingaensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mbinga .
history
The diocese of Mbinga was established on December 22, 1986 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Id proprium from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Songea and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam as a suffragan . First Bishop was Emmanuel Mapunda .
On November 18, 1987, the Diocese of Mbinga was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Songea as a suffragan.
A partnership has existed between the Mbinga diocese and the Würzburg diocese since 1987 .
Bishops of Mbinga
- Emmanuel Mapunda , 1986-2011
- John Chrisostom Ndimbo , since 2011
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Mbinga diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 5, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Id proprium , AAS 79 (1987), n.3, p. 241f.
- ↑ 20 years of partnership Würzburg - Mbinga ( Memento from August 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )