Suffragan diocese Moshi, Tanzania
Diocese of Moshi
Moshien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Moshi is a Latin Church diocese at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, established as a diocese on 25 March 1953 from an earlier apostolic vicariate (1910). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Arusha and has been led by Bishop Ludovick Joseph Minde since 2019.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1953
- Catholics
- 575,249
- Priests
- 243
- Territory
- 5,029 km²
Parishes and churches
90 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- MOSHI - CHRIST THE KING CATHEDRALMoshi · CathedralView parish
- Areopagita Designated Parish - ST. DENISAreopagitaView parish
- Bomang'ombe Parish - HOLY FAMILYBomang'ombeView parish
- Chekereni Parish - B. V. M. MOTHER OF GODChekereniView parish
- Galilaya Parish Elect - St. John Mary VianneyGalilayaView parish
- Himo Parish - The ArchangelsHimoView parish
- Huruma Parish- ST. ALOYCE GONZAGAHurumaView parish
- K.I.A. Church - B. V. M. MOTHER OF GODK.I.A.View parish
- Karanga Parish - PRESENTATION OF THE B. V. MARY.KarangaView parish
- Kariwa parish elect: ST. STEPHEN THE MARTYRKariwa parish electView parish
- Karmeli Parish - B. V. MARY OF MOUNT CARMELKarmeliView parish
- Keni Parish - ST. CHARLES BOROMEOKeniView parish
- Kibosho Parish - ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY B. V. M.KiboshoView parish
- Kifuni Parish Elect - The Body and Blood of Our LordKifuniView parish
- Kikavu Designated Parish - ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLEKikavuView parish
- Kikelelwa Parish - IMMACULATE HEART OF MARYKikelelwaView parish
- Kilema Parish - B. V. M OF LOURDESKilemaView parish
- Kilimamswaki - Jesus the Redeemer Parish ElectKilimamswakiView parish
- Kimanyatu Parish - OUR LADY OF GUADALUPEKimanyatuView parish
- Kimashuku Parish Elect - Ascension of the LordKimashukuView parish
- Kimongoni Designated Parish - CHRIST THE GOOD SHEPHERDKimongoniView parish
- Kindi Parish - ST. ANTHONY OF PADUAKindiView parish
- Kiraeni Parish - ST. FRANCIS XAVIERKiraeniView parish
- Kirima Parish - ST. ANNAKirimaView parish
- Kirokomu Parish - ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLEKirokomuView parish
- Kirua Iwa Parish - ST. JOHN THE APOSTLEKirua IwaView parish
- Kishumundu Parish - IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE B. V. M.KishumunduView parish
- Kitasha Designated ParishKitashaView parish
- Kitongoria - Virgin Mary the Star of the New Evangelization (born from Olele Parish) Designated ParishKitongoriaView parish
- Korongoni Parish - B. V. M. MOTHER AND QUEENKorongoniView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ludovic Minde
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Moshi, 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
Officially inaugurated on March 25, 1953, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi (Latin: Dioecesis Moshiensis) is seated in the town of Moshi within the ecclesiastical province of Arusha in Tanzania. Its territory stretches along the slopes and low plains of the volcanic mountain Kilimanjaro, covering an area of 5,029 sq Km.