Metropolitan see Mwanza, Tanzania
Archdiocese of Mwanza
Mvanzaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Mwanza is the Latin rite metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza, Tanzania, originating as the 1880 Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza and elevated to an archdiocese in 1987. Its cathedral is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1880
- Catholics
- 3,220,189
- Priests
- 145
- Territory
- 19,062 km²
Parishes and churches
76 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Bugando Hill Designated ParishBugando HillView parish
- Bugando ParishBugandoView parish
- Buhingo ParishBuhingoView parish
- Buhongwa ParishBuhongwaView parish
- Bujora ParishBujoraView parish
- Bukumbi ParishBukumbiView parish
- Bulale ParishBulaleView parish
- Busweru ParishBusweruView parish
- Butimba ParishButimbaView parish
- Buzuruga ParishBuzurugaView parish
- Bwiru ParishBwiruView parish
- Ibanda Designated ParishIbandaView parish
- Ibindo ParishIbindoView parish
- Ibinza ParishIbinzaView parish
- Igoma ParishIgomaView parish
- Igombe ParishIgombeView parish
- Ihago ParishIhagoView parish
- Ihimbili ParishIhimbiliView parish
- Ilemela ParishIlemelaView parish
- Isanzu ParishIsanzuView parish
- Kabila ParishKabilaView parish
- Kagera ParishKageraView parish
- Kahama ParishKahamaView parish
- Kahangala ParishKahangalaView parish
- Kanyama ParishKanyamaView parish
- Kasololo ParishKasololoView parish
- Kawekamo ParishKawekamoView parish
- Kayenze ParishKayenzeView parish
- Kiloleli ParishKiloleliView parish
- Kirumba ParishKirumbaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Renatus Leonard Nkwande
- Born
- 12 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Mantare
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany stands in Mwanza, 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
In Tanzania, the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza is anchored by its metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Mwanza, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis.