Diocese of Njombe
| Diocese of Njombe | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Songea |
| Diocesan bishop | Alfred Leonhard Maluma |
| Vicar General | Justin Sapula |
| founding | 1968 |
| surface | 20,860 km² |
| Parishes | 33 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 717,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 294.100 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 41% |
| Diocesan priest | 85 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,032 |
| Friars | 15 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 430 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Website | rcnjombe.org |
The Bistum Njombe ( lat. : Dioecesis Niombenus ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Njombe .
history
The diocese of Njombe was on February 16, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Sicut solliciti from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Iringa and the Territorial Abbey of Peramiho and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam as a suffragan . On November 18, 1987, the Diocese of Njombe was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Songea as a suffragan.
Bishops of Njombe
- Raymond Mwanyika , 1971-2002
- Alfred Leonhard Maluma , since 2002
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Sicut solliciti , AAS 60 (1968), n.6, p. 323f.