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Suffragan diocese Kahama, Tanzania

Diocese of Kahama

Kahamaën(sis)

The Diocese of Kahama is a Latin Catholic diocese in Tanzania, established in 1983 from the Archdiocese of Tabora. A suffragan of Tabora, it has been led since 2022 by Bishop Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko.

On the map

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

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Established
1983
Catholics
112,579
Priests
39
Territory
19,946 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko
Born
25 March 1970
Birthplace
Kalizi

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The cathedral

Catedral de San Carlos Lwanga stands in Kahama, 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

Kahama in Tanzania is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kahama (Latin: Dioecesis Kahamaënsis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Tabora.