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Diocese of

Geita

Tanzania Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Geita / Geitaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mwanza

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.04.28 – ...):Bishop Flavian Matindi Kassala (55)Bishop Flavian Matindi Kassala (55)

Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Geita (Roman Rite)

Bishop Flavian Matindi Kassala (55)Bishop Flavian Matindi Kassala (55)
(2016.04.28 – ...)

Bishop of Geita (Tanzania)
Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference

Born:1967.12.04 (Sumve, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1999.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:2016.06.12

Bishop of Geita (Tanzania) (2016.04.28 – ...)

Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (2018.06.23 – ...)

Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande (57)Bishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande (57) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.05.18 – 2016.04.28)

Archbishop Damian Denis Dallu (67)Bishop Damian Denis Dallu (67) (later Archbishop)
(2000.04.14 – 2014.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Songea (Tanzania)

Christus spes nostra

Born:1955.04.26 (Kiponzelo, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1984.11.15
Consecrated Bishop:2000.07.30

Bishop of Geita (Tanzania) (2000.04.14 – 2014.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Songea (Tanzania) (2014.03.14 – ...)

Bishop Aloysius Balina
(1984.11.08 – 1997.08.08)

Born:1945.06.21 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1971.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1985.01.06
Died:2012.11.06 († 67)

Bishop of Geita (Tanzania) (1984.11.08 – 1997.08.08)

Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania) (1997.08.08 – 2012.11.06)

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Statistics

Area: 10,697 km²

Population: 269,216 Catholics (14.0% of 1,923,059 total) (2020)

Statistics: 25 parishes, 35 priests (31 diocesan, 4 religious), 62 lay religious (8 brothers, 54 sisters), 46 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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