Suffragan diocese Mafinga, Tanzania
Diocese of Mafinga
Mafingen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Mafinga is a Latin Catholic diocese in Tanzania, erected on 22 December 2023 from the Diocese of Iringa as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mbeya. Its first bishop, Vincent Cosmas Mwagala, was installed in March 2024 at the Cathedral of the Assumption.
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- Established
- 2023
- Catholics
- 236,299
- Priests
- 41
- Territory
- 11,016 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church 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
- Vincent Cosmas Mwagala
- Born
- 11 December 1973
- Birthplace
- Makungu
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mafinga stands in Mafinga, 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 Mafinga within Tanzania's ecclesiastical province of Mbeya, this Roman Catholic diocese bears the Latin name Dioecesis Mafingensis and, in Swahili, Jimbo Katoliki Mafinga.