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Suffragan diocese Musoma, Tanzania

Diocese of Musoma

Musomen(sis)

The Diocese of Musoma is a Latin rite suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza, Tanzania, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1946 and promoted to a diocese in 1957.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de Santa María Madre de Dios, in Musoma, Tanzania.

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Established
1957
Catholics
250,000
Priests
36
Territory
29,549 km²

Parishes and churches

29 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Michael Msonganzila

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The cathedral

Catedral de Santa María Madre de Dios stands in Musoma, 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

Musoma, in the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Musoma (Latin: Dioecesis Musomensis).