Archdiocese of Dodoma
| Archdiocese of Dodoma | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Diocesan bishop | Beatus Kinyaiya OFMCap |
| founding | 1935 |
| surface | 38,743 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (11/06/2014) |
| Residents | 1,578,173 (November 6, 2014) |
| Catholics | 301,593 (11/06/2014) |
| proportion of | 19.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (11/06/2014) |
| Religious priest | 39 (11/06/2014) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,770 |
| Friars | 92 (11/06/2014) |
| Religious sisters | 305 (11/06/2014) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Paul of the Cross Cathedral |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Kondoa Diocese of Singida |
The Erzbistum Dodoma ( lat. : Dioecesis Dodomaensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Dodoma .
history
The diocese of Dodoma was on January 28, 1935 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Romani Pontificis from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariates Bagamoyo and Kilimanjaro and the Apostolic Prefecture Iringa as Apostolic Prefecture Dodoma . On April 14, 1943, the Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma gave parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Mbulu . The Apostolic Prefecture Dodoma was founded on May 10, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. With the Apostolic Constitution in Tanganyikensi raised to the Apostolic Vicariate.
On March 25, 1953, the Vicariate Apostolic Dodoma by Pius XII. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the archdiocese of Dar es Salaam as a suffragan . The diocese of Dodoma gave on March 25, 1972 parts of its territory to establish the diocese Singida . Another assignment of territory took place on March 12, 2011 to establish the Kondoa diocese .
On November 6, 2014, Pope Francis raised the diocese of Dodoma to the rank of metropolitan seat and subordinated the dioceses of Kondoa and Singida as suffragan dioceses to the archdiocese.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Dodoma
- Stanislao dell'Addolorata CP , 1937-1941
Vicars Apostolic of Dodoma
- Anthony Jeremiah Pesce CP, 1951-1953
Bishops of Dodoma
- Anthony Jeremiah Pesce CP, 1953-1971
- Matthias Joseph Isuja , 1972-2005
- Jude Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi OFMCap , 2005–2010, then Archbishop of Mwanza
- Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga , 2011–2014, then Bishop of Mpanda
Archbishop of Dodoma
- Beatus Kinyaiya OFMCap, since 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Dodoma (Tanzania) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita , Holy See Press Office, Daily Bulletin from November 6, 2014
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Romani Pontificis , AAS 27 (1935), n.13, p. 431f.
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. In Tanganyikensi , AAS 43 (1951), n.13, pp. 584f.
