Suffragan diocese Lindi, Tanzania
Diocese of Lindi
Lindien(sis)
Latin Church
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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- 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.
- St. Andrea Kaggwa Parish (Cathedral)Lindi · CathedralView parish
- Chemchemi ParishChemchemiView parish
- Chinongwe ParishChinongweView parish
- Hingawali ParishHingawaliView parish
- Kilangala ParishKilangalaView parish
- Kilimarondo ParishKilimarondoView parish
- Kilwa Masoko ParishKilwa MasokoView parish
- Kipatimu ParishKipatimuView parish
- Lionja ParishLionjaView parish
- Liwale ParishLiwaleView parish
- Malolo ParishMaloloView parish
- Mandawa ParishMandawaView parish
- Marambo ParishMaramboView parish
- Matekwe ParishMatekweView parish
- Mbekenyera ParishMbekenyeraView parish
- Mnacho ParishMnachoView parish
- Mnazi Mmoja ParishMnazi MmojaView parish
- Mnero ParishMneroView parish
- Mtua ParishMtuaView parish
- Nachingwea ParishNachingweaView parish
- Namupa ParishNamupaView parish
- Nandete ParishNandeteView parish
- Nanganga ParishNangangaView parish
- Nkowe ParishNkoweView parish
- Nyangao ParishNyangaoView parish
- Rondo ParishRondoView parish
- Ruangwa ParishRuangwaView parish
- Rutamba ParishRutambaView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ParishLindiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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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