Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara
| Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mwanza |
| Diocesan bishop | Severine Niwemugizi |
| Vicar General | Respicius Rugemalira |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 13,004 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 942,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 196,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 20.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 43 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,356 |
| Friars | 9 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 151 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Christ the King |
| Website | http://rulenge-ngara.blogspot.com/ |
The Bistum Rulenge-Ngara ( latin Dioecesis Rulengensis-Ngarensis , Swahili Jimbo Katoliki la Rulenge-Ngara ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Rulenge .
history
The diocese Rulenge-Ngara was founded on April 8, 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad fidem catholicam from assignments of territory by the Apostolic Vicariates Tabora and Uganda as the Apostolic Vicariate of Bukoba .
On March 25, 1953 the Apostolic Vicariate Bukoba was by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Quemadmodum ad Nos raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tabora as a suffragan . The diocese of Bukoba was renamed on June 21, 1960 in the diocese of Rulenge . On November 18, 1987, the Diocese of Rulenge was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mwanza as a suffragan. The Rulenge diocese gave up on August 14, 2008 parts of its territory to establish the Kayanga diocese . On August 14, 2008, the Rulenge Diocese was renamed the Rulenge-Ngara Diocese .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Bukoba
- Burkhard Huwiler MAfr , 1929-1946
- Laurent Tétrault MAfr, 1947-1951
- Alfred Lanctôt MAfr, 1951-1953
Bishops of Bukoba
- Alfred Lanctôt MAfr, 1953-1960
Bishops of Rulenge
- Alfred Lanctôt MAfr, 1960-1969
- Christopher Mwoleka , 1969-1996
- Severine Niwemugizi , 1996-2008
Bishops of Rulenge-Ngara
- Severine Niwemugizi, since 2008