Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Mbeya / Mbeyaën(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Iringa, Sumbawanga
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.12.21 – ...): | ![]() President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Mbeya (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)
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Bishops of Mbeya (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C.
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Bishop James Dominic Sangu
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Bishop Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr.
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Vicars Apostolic of Mbeya (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr. (see above) | ||||||||||
Prefects Apostolic of Tukuyu (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. Prefect Apostolic of Tukuyu (Tanzania) (1938.04.08 – 1947.05.12) | ||||||||||
Ecclesiastical Superiors of Tukuyu (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Max Theodor Franz Donders, M. Afr.
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Area: 60,348 km²
Population: 550,530 Catholics (19.7% of 2,795,897 total) (2020)
Statistics: 53 parishes, 105 priests (86 diocesan, 19 religious), 316 lay religious (19 brothers, 297 sisters), 62 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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