Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma (Latin: Dioecesis Dodomaënsis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania located in the city of Dodoma.

Diocese of Dodoma

Dioecesis Dodomaënsis
Location
Country Tanzania
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Dodoma
Statistics
Area41,311 km2 (15,950 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2006)
1,831,000
381,479 (20.8%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSaint Paul's Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopBeatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap.

History

  • January 28, 1935: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa and Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro
  • May 10, 1951: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma
  • March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Dodoma
  • November 6, 2014: Promoted as Archdiocese of Dodoma

Special churches

The Cathedral is St. Paul’s Cathedral in Dodoma.

Bishops

  • Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
    • Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, C.P. (1937.06.16 – 1941)
  • Vicar Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25 see below)
  • Bishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20)
    • Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja (1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15)
    • Bishop Juda Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap. (2005.01.15 - 2010.11.10), appointed Archbishop of Mwanza
    • Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (2011.03.19 - 2015.02.17), appointed Bishop of Mpanda
  • Archbishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (2014.11.06 -)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa, appointed Bishop of Kondoa in 2011

Suffragan Dioceses

See also

  • Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

References

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