Diocese of Mbulu
| Diocese of Mbulu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Arusha |
| Diocesan bishop | Anthony Lagwen |
| founding | 1943 |
| surface | 16,057 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,250,417 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 339,619 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 27.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 42 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3.116 |
| Friars | 65 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 254 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
The diocese Mbulu ( lat. : Dioecesis Mbuluensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mbulu .
history
The origin of the Catholic Church here was a station of the White Fathers called Neu-Trier in the German colonial times.
The diocese Mbulu was on April 14, 1943 by Pope Pius XII. established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma and the Apostolic Vicariate of Kilimanjaro as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mbulu . On January 10, 1952, the Apostolic Prefecture Mbulu was by Pius XII. raised to the apostolic vicariate .
The Apostolic Vicariate Mbulu was on March 25, 1953 by Pius XII. raised to the diocese. The Diocese of Mbulu gave on March 25, 1972 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Singida .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Mbulu
- Patrick Winters SAC , 1944-1952
Vicars Apostolic of Mbulu
- Patrick Winters SAC, 1952-1953
Bishops of Mbulu
- Patrick Winters SAC, 1953-1971
- Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando , 1971–1997
- Jude Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi OFMCap , 1999–2005, then Bishop of Dodoma
- Beatus Kinyaiya OFMCap, 2006–2014, then Archbishop of Dodoma
- Anthony Lagwen , since 2018
See also
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ See Colonial Lexicon, Art. Aruscha