Diocese of Iringa
Iringaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iringa, Tanzania
The Diocese of Iringa is a Latin Church diocese in Tanzania, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mbeya. Bishop Romanus Elamu Mihalie was appointed in January 2025 and installed in April 2025, succeeding the retired Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 March 1953
- Latin
- Iringaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001673
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 588,438
- Population
- 2,367,962
- Catholic share
- 24.8%
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 5,944
- Extent
- 43,318 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Romanus Elamu Mihali
- Born
- 10 June 1969
- Birthplace
- Itulituli
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
Kihesa Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Iringa, 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 Mbeya
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mbeya.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MbeyaMbeya
- Diocese of MafingaMafinga
- Diocese of SumbawangaSumbawanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Iringa in Tanzania is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iringa (Latin: Dioecesis Iringaënsis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mbeya.
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].