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.
- Magubike Parish (St. Ann)MorogoroView parish
- Malolo Parish (Infant Jesus)MikumiView parish
- Mandera Parish (St. Francis Xavier)ManderaView parish
- Maskati Parish (Our Lady Help of Christians)TurianiView parish
- Matombo Parish (St. Paul)MorogoroView parish
- Mgeta Parish (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)MorogoroView parish
- Mgolole Parish (Holy Name of Mary)MorogoroView parish
- Mhonda Parish (Sacred Heart)TurianiView parish
- Mikese – Fulwe Parish (St. Rafael the Archangel)MorogoroView parish
- Mikumi Parish (St. Peter and Paul)MikumiView parish
- Mlali Parish (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin)MorogoroView parish
- Mngazi Quasi-ParishMorogoroView parish
- Modeco Parish (St. Mary)MorogoroView parish
- Msongozi Parish (St. Stephen)MorogoroView parish
- Mtombozi Parish (St. John the Baptist)MorogoroView parish
- Mvomero Parish (St. Louis Gonzaga)MorogoroView parish
- Mvuha Parish (St. Mary's Assumption)MorogoroView parish
- Mzinga Parish (Holy Family)MorogoroView parish
- Mzumbe Parish (St. Augustine)MorogoroView parish
- Ngerengere Parish (St. Camillus)MorogoroView parish
- Parokia ya KelegeBagamoyoView parish
- Parokia ya KindaMorogoroView parish
- Ruaha Parish (St. Gabriel the Archangel)KidatuView parish
- Singisa Parish (Holy Spirit)MorogoroView parish
- Sokoine University of Agriculture (Chaplaincy)MorogoroView parish
- St. Agnes ParishMorogoroView parish
- St. Josephine Bakhita ParishMorogoroView parish
- Talagwe Parish (St. John Bosco)MorogoroView parish
- Tangeni Parish (St. Bernard)MorogoroView parish
- Tawa Parish (St. James)MorogoroView 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.