Suffragan diocese Sumbawanga, Tanzania
Diocese of Sumbawanga
Sumbavangen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Sumbawanga is a Latin-rite diocese in the Rukwa Region of southwestern Tanzania, given its current name in 1969 (formerly Karema). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mbeya and has been led since 2018 by Bishop Beatus Christian Urassa.
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- Established
- 1969
- Catholics
- 895,296
- Priests
- 73
- Territory
- 28,654 km²
Parishes and churches
27 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parokia ya ChalaChalaView parish
- Parokia ya Epifania - Kanisa Kuu (Cathedral)SumbawangaView parish
- Parokia ya Familia Takatifu KizwiteKizwiteView parish
- Parokia ya IpitoIpitoView parish
- Parokia ya IzimbaIzimbaView parish
- Parokia ya KaengesaKaengesaView parish
- Parokia ya KalaKalaView parish
- Parokia ya KantalambaKantalambaView parish
- Parokia ya KasangaKasangaView parish
- Parokia ya KateKateView parish
- Parokia ya KirandoKirandoView parish
- Parokia ya Kristo MfalmeSumbawangaView parish
- Parokia ya LaelaLaelaView parish
- Parokia ya MakuzaniMakuzaniView parish
- Parokia ya MalangaliMalangaliView parish
- Parokia ya MataiMataiView parish
- Parokia ya MpuiMpuiView parish
- Parokia ya MsanziMsanziView parish
- Parokia ya MuzeMuzeView parish
- Parokia ya MwazyeMwazyeView parish
- Parokia ya NamanyereNamanyereView parish
- Parokia ya NkundiNkundiView parish
- Parokia ya SopaSopaView parish
- Parokia ya TazaraSumbawangaView parish
- Parokia ya TundumaTundumaView parish
- Parokia ya UlumiUlumiView parish
- Parokia ya WampembeWampembeView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Beatus Christian Urassa
- Born
- 2 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Keni Mashati Rombo
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Three Magi stands in Sumbawanga, 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
Sumbawanga in Tanzania is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sumbavangensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mbeya.
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