Archdiocese of Tabora
| Archdiocese of Tabora | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Ruzoka |
| Vicar General | Daniel Malingumu |
| surface | 76,151 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 2,283,348 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 267,300 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 11.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 34 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,384 |
| Friars | 50 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 142 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Theresa's Metropolitan Cathedral |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Kahama Diocese of Kigoma Diocese of Mpanda |
The Erzbistum Tabora ( lat. : Archidioecesis Taboraensis ) is an in Tanzania preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Tabora .
history
The Archdiocese of Tabora was on January 11, 1887 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Tanganyika as Apostolic Vicariate Unianyembé . The Apostolic Vicariate Unianyembé changed its name on May 31, 1925 to Apostolic Vicariate Tabora . On April 8, 1929, the Apostolic Vicariate Tabora gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate Bukoba .
On March 25, 1953, the Apostolic Vicariate Tabora was by Pope Pius XII. raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Tabora gave up on March 25, 1972 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Singida . Another cession took place on November 11, 1983 to establish the diocese of Kahama .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Unianyembé
- François Gerboin MAfr , 1897–1912
- Henri Léonard MAfr, 1912-1925
Vicars Apostolic of Tabora
- Henri Léonard MAfr, 1925–1928
- Joseph Michaud MAfr, 1928–1932, then coadjutor vicar of Uganda
- William Joseph Trudel MAfr, 1933–1948
- Cornelius Bronsveld MAfr, 1950-1953
Archbishops of Tabora
- Cornelius Bronsveld MAfr, 1953-1959
- Marc Mihayo , 1960–1985
- Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde , 1985-2006
- Paul Ruzoka , since 2006
