Diocese of Bariadi
Bariadens(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bariadi, Tanzania
The Diocese of Bariadi in Tanzania was erected by Pope Leo XIV on January 8, 2026, from territory of the Diocese of Shinyanga and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mwanza. Bishop Prosper Balthazar Lyimo is its first bishop, installed on March 19, 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 January 2026
- Latin
- Bariadens(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005139
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 366,000
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
- Bishop
- Prosper Balthazar Lyimo
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
Pro-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist stands in Bariadi, 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 Mwanza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mwanza.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MwanzaMwanza
- Diocese of BukobaBukoba
- Diocese of BundaBunda
- Diocese of GeitaGeita
- Diocese of KayangaKayanga
- Diocese of MusomaMusoma
- Diocese of Rulenge–NgaraRulenge–Ngara
- Diocese of ShinyangaShinyanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- . . . . ., Bariadi, Tanzania
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].