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Diocese of

Kahama

Tanzania Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kahama / Kahamaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tabora

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.23 – ...):Bishop Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko (53)Bishop Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kahama (Roman Rite)

Bishop Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko (53)Bishop Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko (53)
(2022.06.23 – ...)

Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania)

Born:1970.03.25 (Kalinzi, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:2001.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:2022.09.04

Priest of Kigoma (Tanzania) (2001.07.05 – 2022.06.23)

Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania) (2022.06.23 – ...)

Bishop Ludovic Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS (70)Bishop Ludovic Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.12.02 – 2022.06.23)

Bishop Ludovic Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS (70)Bishop Ludovic Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS (70)
(2001.04.24 – 2019.12.02)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania)

Born:1952.12.09 (Kibosho, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1986.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:2001.08.05

Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania) (2001.04.24 – 2019.12.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Kahama (Tanzania) (2019.12.02 – 2022.06.23)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (2019.12.02 – ...)

Bishop Matthew Shija
(1983.11.11 – 2001.04.24)

Born:1924.04.17 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1954.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:1984.02.26
Died:2015.12.09 († 91)

Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania) (1983.11.11 – 2001.04.24)

Statistics

Area: 19,946 km²

Population: 702,000 Catholics (20.1% of 3,495,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 31 parishes, 41 priests (28 diocesan, 13 religious), 86 religious (16 brothers, 70 sisters), 38 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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