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.
- New Land Designated Parish - ST. POPE GREGORY THE GREATNew LandView parish
- Ngarenairobi Parish - Conversion of St PaulNgarenairobiView parish
- Ngoyoni Designated Parish: ST. MARTIN OF TOURNgoyoniView parish
- Njia Panda Himo Designated Parish - Holy Name of JesusNjia Panda HimoView parish
- Nkombole Parish - ST. FRANCIS XAVIERNkomboleView parish
- Ntirini Parish - STS. PETER AND PAULNtiriniView parish
- Olele Parish - ST. THERESA OF THE CHILD JESUSOleleView parish
- Pasua Parish - IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE B.V.M.PasuaView parish
- Pofo Parish Elect - The Annunciation of the LordPofoView parish
- Rauya Parish - THE HOLY SPIRITRauyaView parish
- Reha Parish - THE HOLY SPIRITRehaView parish
- Rundugai Mission : ST. JUDE THADERundugaiView parish
- Sabuko Parish - B.V.M QUEEN OF THE APOSTLESSabukoView parish
- Samanga Parish - ST. MARGARET QUEEN OF SCOTLANDSamangaView parish
- Sambarai Church: B. V. M. QUEENSambaraiView parish
- Sanya Juu Parish - HOLY TRINITYSanya JuuView parish
- Sanya Station Designated Parish : ST. JOHN PAUL IISanya StationView parish
- Shimbi Designated Parish : ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDENShimbiView parish
- Shimbwe Parish - B.V.M QUEEN OF THE ROSARYShimbweView parish
- Shirimatunda Designated Parish - St. Don BoscoShirimatundaView parish
- Tarakea Parish - ST. POPE PIUS XTarakeaView parish
- Uchira Church - BVM QUEEN OF THE HOLY ROSARYUchiraView parish
- Umbwe Parish - EXALTATION OF THE CROSSUmbweView parish
- Uomboni Parish - B.V.M QUEEN OF THE HOLY ROSARYUomboniView parish
- Uparo Parish - ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISIUparoView parish
- Uru Parish - SACRED HEART OF JESUSUruView parish
- Ushiri Parish - ST. LUKE THE EVANGELISTUshiriView parish
- Usseri Parish - ST. JOHN THE BAPTISTUsseriView parish
- Weruweru Parish Elect - ST. ALBERT THE GREATWeruweruView parish
- Yamu (St. Vincent of Paul) & Manu Church (St. Jerome)- Designated ParishTown not recordedView 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
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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.