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Suffragan diocese Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Diocese of Bagamoyo

The Diocese of Bagamoyo is a Latin Church diocese in Tanzania, erected on 7 March 2025 from the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and the Diocese of Morogoro. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, with Bishop Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A., as its first bishop.

On the map

Esri
Bagamoyo, Tanzania, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
2025
Catholics
92,345
Priests
45
Territory
10,345 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A.

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The cathedral

Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Bagamoyo stands in Bagamoyo, 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.

History

In Tanzania, the city of Bagamoyo is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagamoyo (Latin: Dioecesis Bagamoyensis), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam.