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Diocese of

Mbulu

Tanzania Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mbulu / Mbuluen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Arusha

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.05.22 – ...):Bishop Anthony Gaspar Lagwen (56)Bishop Anthony Gaspar Lagwen (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mbulu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Gaspar Lagwen (56)Bishop Anthony Gaspar Lagwen (56)
(2018.05.22 – ...)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Born:1967.07.05 (Tlawi, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1999.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:2018.08.12

Priest of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1999.10.18 – 2018.05.22)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (2018.05.22 – ...)

Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (66)Bishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (66) (later Archbishop)
(2006.04.22 – 2014.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Born:1957.05.09 (Shimbwe, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1989.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:2006.07.02

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (2006.04.22 – 2014.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) (2014.11.06 – ...)

Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (2015.09.04 – 2018.06.23)

Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap. (69)Bishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap. (69) (later Archbishop)
(1999.02.09 – 2005.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Born:1954.01.30 (Mulo-Kilema, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1981.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:1999.05.16

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1999.02.09 – 2005.01.15)

Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) (2005.01.15 – 2010.11.10)

President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (2006 – 2012.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania) (2010.11.10 – 2018.06.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Shinyanga (Tanzania) (2013 – 2015.02.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (2018.06.21 – 2019.08.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (2019.08.15 – ...)

Bishop Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando
(1971.07.03 – 1997.03.07)

Born:1926.04.02 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1958.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:1971.10.03
Died:1997.12.28 († 71)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1971.07.03 – 1997.03.07)

Bishop Patrick Winters, S.A.C.
(1953.03.25 – 1971.07.03)

Born:1908.10.08 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1938.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1952.05.04
Died:1994.04.01 († 85)

Prefect Apostolic of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1944.01.28 – 1952.01.10)

Titular Bishop of Burca (1952.01.10 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1952.01.10 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1971.07.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Mbulu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patrick Winters, S.A.C.
(1952.01.10 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Mbulu (Roman Rite)

Fr. Patrick Winters, S.A.C. (later Bishop)
(1944.01.28 – 1952.01.10)

(see above)

Statistics

Area: 16,057 km²

Population: 373,275 Catholics (24.9% of 1,499,350 total) (2021)

Statistics: 57 parishes, 125 priests (78 diocesan, 47 religious), 463 religious (63 brothers, 400 sisters), 69 seminarians (2021)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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