Diocese of Sumbawanga
Sumbavangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sumbawanga, Tanzania
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 October 1969
- Latin
- Sumbavangen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003124
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 895,296
- Population
- 928,941
- Catholic share
- 96.4%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 12,264
- Extent
- 28,654 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Beatus Christian Urassa
- Born
- 2 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Keni Mashati Rombo
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
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.
The province of Mbeya
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mbeya.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MbeyaMbeya
- Diocese of IringaIringa
- Diocese of MafingaMafinga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Sumbawanga in Tanzania is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sumbavangensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mbeya.
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].