Diocese of Same
Diocese of Same | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Tanzania |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Arusha |
Diocesan bishop | Rogatus Kimaryo CSSp |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jacob Venance Koda |
founding | 1963 |
surface | 10,000 km² |
Parishes | 28 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 689,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 75,200 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 10.9% |
Diocesan priest | 52 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,343 |
Friars | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 235 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
address | PO Box 8 Same Tanzania |
The Bistum Same ( lat. : Dioecesis Samensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in seed .
history
The diocese of Same was on December 10, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. established from cessions of territory of the diocese of Moshi as Apostolic Prefecture Same . On February 3, 1977, the Apostolic Prefecture Same was by Paul VI. raised to the diocese.
The diocese of Same is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Arusha as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Same
- Henry Winkelmolen CSSp , 1964-1977
Bishops of Same
- Josaphat Louis Lebulu , 1979–1998, then Bishop of Arusha
- Jacob Venance Koda , 1999-2010
- Rogatus Kimaryo CSSp, since 2010