Renatus Leonard Nkwande

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Renatus Leonard Nkwande (born November 12, 1965 in Mantare ) is a Tanzanian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mwanza .

Life

Renatus Leonard Nkwande was ordained a priest on July 2, 1995 .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on November 27, 2010 as the first bishop of the diocese Bunda established on the same date . He was ordained episcopal by the Archbishop of Dar es Salaam , Polycarp Cardinal Pengo , on February 20 of the next year; Co- consecrators were Jude Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi OFMCap , Archbishop of Mwanza , and Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila , Bishop of Musoma .

On February 11, 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Mwanza. The inauguration took place on May 12 of the same year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo di Mwanza (Tanzania). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 11, 2019, accessed February 11, 2019 (Italian).