Diocese of Musoma
| Diocese of Musoma | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mwanza |
| Diocesan bishop | Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila |
| founding | 1946 |
| surface | 29,549 km² |
| Parishes | 34 (2004) |
| Residents | 1,400,000 (2004) |
| Catholics | 250,000 (2004) |
| proportion of | 17.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 40 (2004) |
| Religious priest | 27 (2004) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,731 |
| Friars | 50 (2004) |
| Religious sisters | 193 (2004) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| address | PO Box 93 Musoma Tanzania |
The Diocese of Musoma ( Latin : Dioecesis Musomensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Musoma in Tanzania .
history
The forerunner of today's diocese Musoma is that on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. Apostolic Vicariate Musoma-Maswa founded out of the Apostolic Vicariate Mwanza , which was divided on June 24, 1950 into the Apostolic Prefecture Musoma and the Apostolic Vicariate Maswa . On July 5, 1957, today's Diocese of Musoma was founded. On November 27, 2010, the Musoma diocese gave parts of its territory to establish the Bunda diocese .
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mwanza .
Ordinaries
- Joseph Blomjous MAfr (1946–1950), then Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza
- Giuseppe Gerardo Grondin MM (1950–1957)
- John James Rudin MM (1957–1979)
- Anthony Petro Mayalla (1979-1987)
- Justin Tetmu Samba (1988-2006)
- Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila (since 2007)