Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name=Zanzibar
latin=Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
country=Tanzania
metropolitan=Dar-es-Salaam
rite=Latin Rite
area= 2,332
population= 990,900
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 9,900
catholics_percent= 1.0
bishop=Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar ( _la. Zanzibaren(sis)) is a diocese located in Zanzibar in the Ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.
History
* 1860: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar from the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion in Réunion
* 1883: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar
* November 16, 1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar
* 1906: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
* December 12, 1964: Demoted as Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar e Pemba
* March 28, 1980: Promoted as Diocese of Zanzibar
pecial Churches
The Cathedral is St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Zanzibar.
Leadership
* Bishops of Zanzibar (Roman rite)
** Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. (since 1996.11.30)
** Bishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1980.03.28 – 1996.11.30)
* Apostolic Administrators of Zanzibar e Pemba (Roman rite)
** Bishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1973 – 1980.03.28)
** Bishop Adriani Mkoba (1968.07.16 – 1973.01.26)
** Bishop Joseph Sipendi (1966 – 1968)
** Archbishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. (1964.12.12 – 1966)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Tanzania
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/zanz0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dzanz.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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