Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name=Sumbawanga
latin=Dioecesis Sumbavangensis
country=Tanzania
metropolitan=Tabora
rite=Latin Rite
area= 28,654
population= 928,941
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 607,143
catholics_percent= 65.4
bishop= Damian Kyaruzi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga ( _la. Sumbavangen(sis)) is a diocese located in Singida in the Ecclesiastical province of Tabora in Tanzania.
History
* 1880: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan
* May 10, 1946: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Karema
* March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Karema
* October 24, 1969: Renamed as Diocese of Sumbawanga
Leadership
* Bishops of Sumbawanga (Roman rite)
** Bishop Damian Kyaruzi (since 1997.04.21)
** Bishop Charles Msakila (1969.10.24 – 1994.02.23)
* Bishops of Karema (Roman rite)
** Bishop Charles Msakila (1958.11.13 – 1969.10.24)
** Bishop James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. (1953.03.25 – 1958.08.05)
* Vicars Apostolic of Karema (Roman rite)
** Bishop James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. (1946.07.29 – 1953.03.25)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Tanzania
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/sumb0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsumb.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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