Suffragan diocese Rulenge–Ngara, Tanzania
Diocese of Rulenge–Ngara
Rulengen(sis)-Ngaren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara is a Latin Catholic diocese in northwestern Tanzania, originating as the Apostolic Vicariate of Bubuka in 1929 and renamed Rulenge-Ngara in 2008. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mwanza and is led by Bishop Severine NiweMugizi.
On the map
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- Established
- 1929
- Catholics
- 595,773
- Priests
- 60
- Territory
- 20,720 km²
Parishes and churches
24 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Christ the King Pro-Cathedral Parish - RulengeRulenge · CathedralView parish
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish - RukoraBiharamuloView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish - KatokeBiharamuloView parish
- St. Albert Parish - ChatoChatoView parish
- St. Albert Parish - NyamigereBiharamuloView parish
- St. Anthony of Padua Parish - NyakahuraNgaraView parish
- St. Bernadette of Lourdes Parish - NyakatoChatoView parish
- St. Christopher Parish - RusumoNgaraView parish
- St. David Parish - BusotaBiharamuloView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi Parish - BiharamuloBiharamuloView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi Parish - NgaraNgaraView parish
- St. John Parish - NembaBiharamuloView parish
- St. John Paul II Parish - BwangaChatoView parish
- St. Joseph Parish - KibeheChatoView parish
- St. Josephine Bakhita Parish - BenacoNgaraView parish
- St. Kizito Parish - ShangaNgaraView parish
- St. Mathew Parish - NyakanaziBiharamuloView parish
- St. Mathias Mulumba Parish - LusahungaBiharamuloView parish
- St. Mathias Parish - MurusagambaRulengeView parish
- St. Peter Parish - RwinyanaRulengeView parish
- St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish - BuhororoNgaraView parish
- St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish - BuseresereChatoView parish
- Sts. Peter & Paul Parish - BuzikuChatoView parish
- The Assumption Parish - NtungamoNgaraView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Severine Niwemugizi
- Born
- 3 June 1956
- Birthplace
- Katoke
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The cathedral
Christ the King stands in Rulenge–Ngara, 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
Located in Rulenge, Tanzania, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara (Latin: Dioecesis Rulengensis-Ngarensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza.