Roman Catholic Diocese of Bukoba

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bukoba (Latin: Dioecesis Bukobaënsis) is a diocese located in Bukoba in the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.[1]

Diocese of Bukoba

Dioecesis Bukobaënsis
Location
Country Tanzania
MetropolitanMwanza
Statistics
Area8,608 km2 (3,324 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2006)
870,048
521,256 (59.9%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDesiderius M. Rwoma

History

  • 13 December 1951: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Kagera from the Diocese of Bukoba
  • 25 March 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Rutabo
  • 21 June 1960: Renamed as Diocese of Bukoba

Bishops

  • Vicar Apostolic of Lower Kagera (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Laurean Rugambwa (1951.12.13 – 1953.03.25); see below; future Cardinal
  • Bishops of Rutabo (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Laurean Rugambwa (1953.03.25 – 1960.06.21); see above & below (Cardinal in 1960)
  • Bishops of Bukoba (Roman rite)

Auxiliary Bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Method Kilaini, appointed auxiliary bishop of Dar-es-Salaam in 1999; later returned here as Auxiliary Bishop
  • Novatus Rugambwa, appointed nuncio and titular archbishop in 2010
  • Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza, appointed Bishop of Kayanga in 2008
  • Desiderius M. Rwoma, appointed Bishop of Singida in 1999; later returned here as Bishop

See also

  • Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

Sources


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