Diocese of Moshi
Moshien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Moshi, Tanzania
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 March 1953
- Latin
- Moshien(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001002299
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 575,249
- Population
- 881,376
- Catholic share
- 65.3%
- Priests
- 243
- Catholics per priest
- 2,367
- Extent
- 5,029 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 114
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
- Ludovic Minde
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 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.
The province of Arusha
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Arusha.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ArushaArusha
- Diocese of MbuluMbulu
- Diocese of SameSame
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].