Archdiocese of Dodoma

Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis
St. Paul of the Cross Cathedral
Location
Country Tanzania
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Dodoma
Statistics
Area41,311 km2 (15,950 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,831,000
381,479 (20.8%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSaint Paul of the Cross Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopBeatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma (Latin: Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania located in the city of Dodoma.

History

  • January 28, 1935: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa and Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro
  • May 10, 1951: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma
  • March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Dodoma
  • November 6, 2014: Promoted as Archdiocese of Dodoma

Special churches

The cathedral church is St. Paul of the Cross in Dodoma.

Bishops

  • Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
    • Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, CP (1937.06.16 – 1941)
  • Vicar Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, CP (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25 see below)
  • Bishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, CP (see above 1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20)
    • Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja (1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15)
    • Bishop Juda Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi, OFMCap (2005.01.15 - 2010.11.10), appointed Archbishop of Mwanza
    • Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (2011.03.19 - 2014.02.17), appointed Bishop of Mpanda
  • Archbishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap (2014.11.06 -)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa, appointed Bishop of Kondoa in 2011

Suffragan Dioceses

See also

References

    Sources

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