Suffragan diocese Morogoro, Tanzania
Diocese of Morogoro
Morogoroën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Morogoro is a Latin Church diocese in Tanzania, established as a diocese on 25 March 1953 from the earlier Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar (1906). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and has been led by Bishop Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S., since 2021.
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- Established
- 1953
- Catholics
- 534,443
- Priests
- 389
- Territory
- 43,380 km²
Parishes and churches
64 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Morogoro Cathedral Parish (St. Patrick)Morogoro · CathedralView parish
- Bagamoyo Parish (Sacred Heart of Mary)BagamoyoView parish
- Bagamoyo – Epiphany ParishBagamoyoView parish
- Bigwa Parish (St. Bede) ChaplaincyMorogoroView parish
- Bumu Parish (St. Joseph)MorogoroView parish
- Bunduki Parish (St. Lambert)MorogoroView parish
- Bwagala Quasi-ParishTurianiView parish
- Chalinze ParishMorogoroView parish
- Dakawa ParishMorogoroView parish
- Dumila Parish (St. Francis de Sales)DumilaView parish
- Gairo Parish (St. Peter and Paul)GairoView parish
- Ilonga Parish (St. Benedict)KilosaView parish
- Kasanga Parish (St. Therese of the Child Jesus)MorogoroView parish
- Kibungo Chini ParishMorogoroView parish
- Kibungo Juu Parish (St. Pius X)MorogoroView parish
- Kidodi Parish (St. Martyrs of Uganda)KidatuView parish
- Kigurunyembe Parish (Immaculate Conception)MorogoroView parish
- Kihonda Parish (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)MorogoroView parish
- Kihonda Parish (St. Monica)MorogoroView parish
- Kikeo Parish (St. Nicholaus)MorogoroView parish
- Kilosa Parish (Holy Family)KilosaView parish
- Kimamba Parish (St. Martin)KilosaView parish
- Kiroka Parish (St. Kizito)MorogoroView parish
- Kisanga Parish (St. Gerald)MikumiView parish
- Kiwanja cha Ndege Parish (Holy Spirit)MorogoroView parish
- Kola Parish (Mwili na Damu ya Yesu)MorogoroView parish
- Luale Parish (Mary Immaculate)MorogoroView parish
- Lugoba Parish (Holy Cross)MorogoroView parish
- Lukange Parish (St. Joseph the Workman)MorogoroView parish
- Lumbiji Parish (St. Willibrod)KilosaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe
- Born
- 27 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Morogoro
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (SALVATORIANI)
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The cathedral
St. Patrick Cathedral stands in Morogoro, 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
The city of Morogoro in Tanzania is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro (Latin: Dioecesis Morogoroënsis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam.