Archdiocese of Arusha
Arushaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Arusha, Tanzania
The Archdiocese of Arusha is a Latin Rite metropolitan see in northeastern Tanzania, erected as a diocese in 1963 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1999. It is the metropolitan for the suffragan dioceses of Mbulu, Moshi, and Same.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 March 1999
- Latin
- Arushaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000736
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 624,206
- Population
- 3,223,000
- Catholic share
- 19.4%
- Priests
- 132
- Catholics per priest
- 4,729
- Extent
- 67,340 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.3
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Isaac Amani Massawe
- Born
- 10 June 1951
- Birthplace
- Mango
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Theresa's Metropolitan Cathedral, Arusha stands in Arusha, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Arusha
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MbuluMbulu
- Diocese of MoshiMoshi
- Diocese of SameSame
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Arusha, Tanzania, the Archdiocese of Arusha (Latin: Archidioecesis Arushaënsis) serves as the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Arusha, with Mbulu, Moshi and Same as its suffragan dioceses. Its territory, roughly 67,340 square kilometres in north-eastern Tanzania, spans the whole Arusha Region together with two administrative districts of Manyara Region, Simanjiro and Kiteto.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].