Archdiocese of Mbeya
Mbeyaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mbeya, Tanzania
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Mbeya, Tanzania, elevated from a diocese to an archdiocese on December 21, 2018, with Gervas Nyaisonga as its first metropolitan archbishop. Its suffragans include Iringa, Sumbawanga, and Mafinga.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 December 2018
- Latin
- Mbeyaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002201
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 548,000
- Population
- 2,783,000
- Catholic share
- 19.7%
- Priests
- 102
- Catholics per priest
- 5,373
- Extent
- 60,348 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga
- Born
- 3 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Bunda
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Mbeya, 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.
The province of Mbeya
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of IringaIringa
- Diocese of MafingaMafinga
- Diocese of SumbawangaSumbawanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].