Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name=Kigoma
latin=Dioecesis Kigomaënsis
country=Tanzania
metropolitan=Tabora
rite=Latin Rite
area= 42,000
population= 1,680,009
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 409,900
catholics_percent= 24.4
bishop= "vacant"
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma (Latin: "Kigomaën(sis)") is a diocese located in Kigoma in the Ecclesiastical province of Tabora in Tanzania.
History
* September 27, 1880: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganika from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan
* May 10, 1946: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kigoma
* March 25, 1953: Promoted as the Diocese of Kigoma
Leadership
* Bishops of Kigoma (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Paul R. Ruzoka (1989.11.10 – 2006.11.25)
** Bishop Alphonse Daniel Nsabi (1969.12.15 – 1989.08.16)
** Bishop James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. (1958.08.05 – 1969.12.15)
** Bishop John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (1953.03.25 – 1957.11.22)
* Vicars Apostolic of Kigoma (Roman rite)
** Bishop John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (1946.05.10 – 1953.03.25)
* Vicars Apostolic of Tanganika (Roman rite)
** Bishop John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (1936.11.19 – 1946.05.10)
** Bishop Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. (1920.04.22 – 1936.04.22)
** Bishop Adolphe Lechaptois, M. Afr. (1891.06.19 – 1917.11.30)
** Bishop Léonce Bridoux, M. Afr. (1888.06.15 – 1890.10.21)
** Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. (1887.01.14 – 1888.03.16)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Tanzania
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/kigo0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkigo.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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