Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam
| Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Diocesan bishop | Jude Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi OFMCap |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Polycarp Cardinal Pengo |
| founding | 1887 |
| surface | 40,000 km² |
| Parishes | 89 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 5,782,472 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,720,108 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 29.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 91 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 211 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,696 |
| Friars | 264 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 645 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph |
| Website | http://dsmcatholic.tripod.com/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Ifakara Diocese of Mahenge Diocese of Morogoro Diocese of Tanga Diocese of Zanzibar |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es- Salaam ( lat. Archidioecesis Daressalaamensis , Swahili Jimbo Kuu la Dar-es-Salaam ) is in Tanzania situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Dar es Salaam .
history
The Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam was on November 16, 1887 by Pope Leo XIII. established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar as the Apostolic Prefecture of South Zanzibar . On September 15, 1902, the Apostolic Prefecture of South Zanzibar was by Leo XIII. raised to the apostolic vicariate . The Apostolic Vicariate of South Zanzibar changed its name to the Apostolic Vicariate of Dar es Salaam on August 10, 1906 . On November 12, 1913, the Vicariate Apostolic Dar es Salaam gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Lindi . Another assignment of territory took place on March 3, 1922 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa .
On March 25, 1953, the Vicariate Apostolic Dar es Salaam by Pope Pius XII. raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam gave up parts of its territory on April 21, 1964 to establish the Diocese of Mahenge .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of South Zanzibar
- Bonifatius Fleschutz OSB , 1887–1891
- Maurus Hartmann OSB, 1894-1902
Vicars Apostolic of South Zanzibar
- Cassian Spiß OSB, 1902-1905
- Thomas Spreiter OSB, 1906
Vicars Apostolic of Dar es Salaam
- Thomas Spreiter OSB, 1906–1920
- Joseph Gabriel Zelger OFMCap , 1923–1929
- Edgar Aristide Maranta OFMCap, 1930–1953
Archbishops of Dar es Salaam
- Edgar Aristide Maranta OFMCap, 1953-1968
- Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa , 1968–1992
- Polycarp Cardinal Pengo , 1992-2019
- Jude Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi OFMCap, since 2019
