Diocese of Moshi
| Diocese of Moshi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Arusha |
| Diocesan bishop | Ludovic Minde OSS |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 5,020 km² |
| Parishes | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 961.997 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 629,539 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 65.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 164 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,970 |
| Friars | 157 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,078 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
| Website | http://moshidiocese.org/ |
The Bistum Moshi ( lat. : Dioecesis Moshiensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Moshi .
history
The diocese of Moshi was established on September 13, 1910 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Bagamoyo as Apostolic Vicariate Kilimanjaro . On January 28, 1935, the Vicariate Apostolic Kilimanjaro gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture Dodoma . Further assignments were made on April 14, 1943 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Mbulu and on April 18, 1950 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Tanga .
On March 25, 1953, the Apostolic Vicariate Kilimanjaro was by Pope Pius XII. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Moshi . The Diocese of Moshi gave on March 1, 1963 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Arusha . Another assignment of territory took place on December 10, 1963 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Same .
The Diocese of Moshi is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Arusha as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Moshi
- Marie-Joseph-Aloys Munsch CSSp , 1910–1922
- Henry Aloysius Gogarty CSSp, 1923-1931
- Joseph James Byrne CSSp, 1932-1953
Bishops of Moshi
- Joseph James Byrne CSSp, 1953-1959
- Joseph Kilasara CSSp, 1960–1966
- Joseph Sipendi , 1968–1985
- Amedeus Msarikie , 1986-2007
- Isaac Amani Massawe , 2007–2017, then Archbishop of Arusha
- Ludovic Minde OSS since 2019
school
The diocese runs a school in Kishumundu, the Kishumundu Secondary School .