Diocese of Zanzibar
| Diocese of Zanzibar | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam |
| Diocesan bishop | Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao CSSp |
| Vicar General | Ambrose Mkenda |
| surface | 2,332 km² |
| Parishes | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,101,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 11,866 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 1.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 742 |
| Friars | 2 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 47 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar ( lat. : Dioecesis Zanzibarensis ) is in Tanzania situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Zanzibar town .
history
The diocese of Zanzibar was on December 12, 1964 by splitting the diocese of Mombasa and Zanzibar by Pope Paul VI. established as the Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba . Territories of administration also came from the archbishopric of Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam . On March 24, 1980, the Apostolic Administratur Zanzibar and Pemba was raised by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Administratio to the diocese of Zanzibar and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators of Zanzibar and Pemba
- Edgar Aristide Maranta OFMCap , 1964-1966
- Joseph Sipendi , 1966–1968
- Adriani Mkoba , 1968-1973
Bishops of Zanzibar
- Bernard Martin Ngaviliau CSSp , 1980-1996
- Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao CSSp, since 1996
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Zanzibar - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum Administratio , AAS 72 (1980), n.4, p. 379f.