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Suffragan diocese Lindi, Tanzania

Diocese of Lindi

Lindien(sis)

The Diocese of Lindi is a Latin Church diocese in southeastern Tanzania, established in 1986 from the suppressed Diocese of Nachingwea. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Songea, led by Bishop Wolfgang Pisa since 2022.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Andrew Kaggwa, in Lindi, Tanzania.

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Established
1986
Catholics
128,438
Priests
33
Territory
56,060 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Wolfgang Pisa
Born
6 July 1965
Birthplace
Karatu
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Andrew Kaggwa stands in Lindi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Located in Lindi, Tanzania, within the ecclesiastical province of Songea, is the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lindi (Latin: Dioecesis Lindiensis).

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