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Metropolitan see Mwanza, Tanzania

Archdiocese of Mwanza

Mvanzaën(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany, in Mwanza, Tanzania.

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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.

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

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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.