Diocese of Tunduru-Masasi
| Diocese of Tunduru-Masasi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Songea |
| Diocesan bishop | Filbert Felician Mhasi |
| founding | 1986 |
| surface | 22,730 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 910,364 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 100,387 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 11% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4.015 |
| Friars | 14 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 83 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
The Bistum Tunduru Masasi ( lat. : Dioecesis Tunduruensis-Masasiensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Tunduru .
history
The diocese of Tunduru-Masasi was established on October 17, 1986 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cogitantes de Ecclesia from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Nachingwea and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam as a suffragan . On November 18, 1987, the diocese of Tunduru-Masasi was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Songea as a suffragan.
Bishops of Tunduru-Masasi
- Polycarp Pengo , 1986–1990, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar es Salaam
- Magnus Mwalunyungu , 1992-2005
- Castor Paul Msemwa , 2005-2017
- Filbert Felician Mhasi , since 2018
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cogitantes de Ecclesia , AAS 79 (1987), n.1 , pp. 171f.