Metropolitan see Songea, Tanzania
Archdiocese of Songea
Songean(us)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Songea is a Latin Church metropolitan see in southern Tanzania, raised to an archdiocese on 6 February 1969. Its province includes the suffragan dioceses of Lindi, Mbinga, Mtwara, Njombe and Tunduru-Masasi.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1913
- Catholics
- 378,000
- Priests
- 84
- Territory
- 38,600 km²
Parishes and churches
35 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Songea ParishSongea · CathedralView parish
- Bombambili ParishSongeaView parish
- Chengena ParishSongeaView parish
- Hanga ParishSongeaView parish
- Ifinga ParishMadabaView parish
- Kitanda ParishSongeaView parish
- Liganga ParishPeramihoView parish
- Ligera ParishSongeaView parish
- Ligunga ParishSongeaView parish
- Litapwasi ParishSongeaView parish
- Lizaboni ParishSongeaView parish
- Lusonga ParishPeramihoView parish
- Madaba ParishMadabaView parish
- Magagura ParishPeramihoView parish
- Mahanje ParishMadabaView parish
- Mateka ParishSongeaView parish
- Matimira ParishSongeaView parish
- Matogoro ParishSongeaView parish
- Mbinga-Mharule ParishPeramihoView parish
- Mgazini ParishPeramihoView parish
- Mjimwema ParishSongeaView parish
- Mkongo ParishSongeaView parish
- Mpandangindo ParishPeramihoView parish
- Mpitimbi ParishPeramihoView parish
- Msalaba Mkuu ParishSongeaView parish
- Mtyangimbole ParishSongeaView parish
- Nakahuga ParishPeramihoView parish
- Namabengo ParishSongeaView parish
- Namtumbo ParishSongeaView parish
- Ndongosi ParishPeramihoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Damian Dalu
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The cathedral
St. Mathias Mulumba Kalemba Metropolitan Cathedral, Songea stands in Songea, 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 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea (Latin: Archidioecesis Songeana) serves as the Metropolitan See of the ecclesiastical province of Songea.