Diocese of Mbinga
Mbingaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mbinga, Tanzania
Latin rite diocese in Mbinga, Tanzania, erected on December 22, 1986, from the Diocese of Songea. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Songea.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 1986
- Latin
- Mbingaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002202
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 346,712
- Population
- 461,579
- Catholic share
- 75.1%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 5,334
- Extent
- 11,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
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
- Bishop
- John Chrisostom Ndimbo
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
St. Kilian Cathedral stands in Mbinga, 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 Songea
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Songea.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SongeaSongea
- Diocese of LindiLindi
- Diocese of MtwaraMtwara
- Diocese of NjombeNjombe
- Diocese of Tunduru–MasasiTunduru–Masasi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Mbinga, in Tanzania, is home to a Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Dioecesis Mbingaënsis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Songea.
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].