Diocese of Mtwara
Mtuaran(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mtwara, Tanzania
The Diocese of Mtwara is a Latin rite suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of Songea, Tanzania. It traces to a 1931 territorial abbacy and was established as a diocese in 1972.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1972
- Latin
- Mtuaran(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002311
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,273
- Population
- 689,164
- Catholic share
- 9.0%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 1,245
- Extent
- 7,780 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.0
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
- Titus Joseph Mdoe
- Born
- 19 March 1961
- Birthplace
- Lushoto
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
de Todos los Santos stands in Mtwara, 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 Songea
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Songea.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SongeaSongea
- Diocese of LindiLindi
- Diocese of MbingaMbinga
- Diocese of NjombeNjombe
- Diocese of Tunduru–MasasiTunduru–Masasi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop's House, P.O. Box 526, Mtwara, Tanzania
- Telephone
- [023]2333.071
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].