Archdiocese of Mwanza
Mvanzaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mwanza, Tanzania
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 November 1987
- Latin
- Mvanzaën(sis)
- Patron
- Epiphany of the Lord
- Annuario code
- 001002324
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,220,189
- Priests
- 145
- Catholics per priest
- 22,208
- Extent
- 19,062 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 169
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
- Archbishop
- Renatus Leonard Nkwande
- Born
- 12 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Mantare
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
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.
The province of Mwanza
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BariadiBariadi
- Diocese of BukobaBukoba
- Diocese of BundaBunda
- Diocese of GeitaGeita
- Diocese of KayangaKayanga
- Diocese of MusomaMusoma
- Diocese of Rulenge–NgaraRulenge–Ngara
- Diocese of ShinyangaShinyanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Tanzania, the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza is anchored by its metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Mwanza, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis.
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].