Diocese of Ifakara
Ifakaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ifakara, Tanzania
The Diocese of Ifakara is a Latin Church diocese corresponding to the Kilombero District in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. It was erected on 14 January 2012 from territory of the Diocese of Mahenge, and Salutaris Melchior Libena has been its bishop since its foundation.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 January 2012
- Latin
- Ifakaren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001645
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 373,890
- Population
- 322,779
- Extent
- 14,245 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
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
- Salutaris Libena
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 Patrick's Cathedral, Ifakara stands in Ifakara, 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 Dar-es-Salaam
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Dar-es-SalaamDar-es-Salaam
- Diocese of BagamoyoBagamoyo
- Diocese of MahengeMahenge
- Diocese of MorogoroMorogoro
- Diocese of TangaTanga
- Diocese of ZanzibarZanzibar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].