Diocese of Geita
Geitaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Geita, Tanzania
The Diocese of Geita is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Tanzania, erected on 8 November 1984 from the Diocese of Mwanza. It is led by Bishop Flavian Matindi Kassala and is part of the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 November 1984
- Latin
- Geitaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001479
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 232,458
- Population
- 1,226,499
- Catholic share
- 19.0%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 7,749
- Extent
- 10,697 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Bishop
- Flavian Kassala
- Born
- 4 December 1967
- Birthplace
- Sumve
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
de María Reina de la Paz stands in Geita, 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 BariadiBariadi
- Diocese of BukobaBukoba
- Diocese of BundaBunda
- 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.
History
Located in Geita, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Geita (Latin: Dioecesis Geitaënsis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
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].