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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.
Archdiocese of Dodoma Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis | |
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Location | |
Country | Tanzania |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Dodoma |
Statistics | |
Area | 41,311 km2 (15,950 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,831,000 381,479 (20.8%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Saint Paul of the Cross Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Beatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap |
History
edit- 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
editThe cathedral church is St. Paul of the Cross in Dodoma.
Bishops
edit- 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 Jude Thaddaeus 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
edit- Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa, appointed Bishop of Kondoa in 2011
Suffragan Dioceses
editSee also
editReferences
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