Bishopric thong
| Bishopric thong | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam |
| Diocesan bishop | Anthony Banzi |
| Vicar General | Casimir Magwiza |
| founding | 1950 |
| surface | 26,807 km² |
| Parishes | 31 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,771,260 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 191,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 10.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 52 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 27 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,418 |
| Friars | 60 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 485 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Anthony's Cathedral |
| Website | www.dioceseoftanga.org |
The Bistum thong ( lat. : Dioecesis Tangaensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in thong .
history
The Diocese of Tanga was founded on April 18, 1950 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Amplissima plerumque from cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Kilimanjaro as Apostolic Prefecture Tanga . On February 24, 1958, the Apostolic Prefecture Tanga was by Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Qui idcirco raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Tanga
- Eugéne Cornelius Arthurs IC , 1950-1958
Bishops of Tanga
- Eugéne Cornelius Arthur's IC, 1958–1969
- Maurus Gervase Komba , 1969–1988
- Telesphore Mkude , 1988–1993, then Bishop of Morogoro
- Anthony Banzi , since 1994