Diocese of Rulenge–Ngara
Rulengen(sis)-Ngaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rulenge–Ngara, Tanzania
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 August 2008
- Latin
- Rulengen(sis)-Ngaren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002782
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 595,773
- Population
- 1,171,209
- Catholic share
- 50.9%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 9,930
- Extent
- 20,720 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- Severine Niwemugizi
- Born
- 3 June 1956
- Birthplace
- Katoke
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
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.
The province of Mwanza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mwanza.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MwanzaMwanza
- Diocese of BariadiBariadi
- Diocese of BukobaBukoba
- Diocese of BundaBunda
- Diocese of GeitaGeita
- Diocese of KayangaKayanga
- Diocese of MusomaMusoma
- Diocese of ShinyangaShinyanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in Rulenge, Tanzania, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara (Latin: Dioecesis Rulengensis-Ngarensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza.
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].