Suffragan diocese Kigoma, Tanzania
Diocese of Kigoma
Kigomaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kigoma is a Latin Catholic see in western Tanzania, originating as an apostolic vicariate in 1946 and erected as a diocese in 1953. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tabora, with its seat at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory in Kigoma.
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- Established
- 1953
- Catholics
- 647,528
- Priests
- 63
- Territory
- 42,000 km²
Parishes and churches
25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Kigoma Parish - Our Lady of VictoryKigoma · CathedralView parish
- Janda Parish - St. Mathias MulumbaBuhigweView parish
- Kabanga Parish - St. MarkKasuluView parish
- Kagunga Quasi Parish - St. RemigiusKigomaView parish
- Kakonko Parish - St. Therese of the Child JesusKakonkoView parish
- Kalinzi Parish - St. Charles LwangaKigomaView parish
- Kasanda Parish - St. PankrasKakonkoView parish
- Kasangezi Parish - St. AugustineKasuluView parish
- Kasulu Parish - St. Francis XavierKigomaView parish
- Kasumo Parish - Our Lady Queen of PeaceBuhigweView parish
- Katubuka Parish - St. Vincent de PaulKigomaView parish
- Kibondo Parish - Mary Mother of GodKibondoView parish
- Kidahwe Parish - St. ClareKigomaView parish
- Kifura Parish - Our Lady Queen of AngelsKibondoView parish
- Kiganza Parish - St. Joseph the WorkerKigomaView parish
- Mabamba Parish - St. JosephKibondoView parish
- Makere Parish - St. LukeKigomaView parish
- Muhange Parish - St. Therese of the Child JesusKakonkoView parish
- Muhinda Parish - Our Lady Gate of HeavenKigomaView parish
- Mulera Parish - St. Paul the ApostleBuhigweView parish
- Musagara Parish - Mikael Malaika MkuuManyovuView parish
- Nguruka Parish - St. Mukasa KiliwawanvuKigomaView parish
- Nyaronga Parish - St. Therese of AvilaKakonkoView parish
- Sunuka Quasi Parish - St. Peter the ApostleKigomaView parish
- Uvinza Parish - St. Francis XavierKigomaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Mlola
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory stands in Kigoma, 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
In Tanzania's ecclesiastical province of Tabora lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma (Latin: Dioecesis Kigomaënsis), seated in Kigoma. The see fell vacant (sede vacante) when Pope Benedict XVI, on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, named Bishop Protase Rugambwa an Archbishop ad personam, granting him the personal title of archbishop along with the offices of Deputy Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies.