Suffragan diocese Tanga, Tanzania
Diocese of Tanga
Tangaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Tanga is a Latin rite see in northeastern Tanzania, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1950 and promoted to a diocese in 1958. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and has been led by Bishop Thomas John Kiangio since 2023.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1958
- Catholics
- 180,000
- Priests
- 94
- Territory
- 26,807 km²
Parishes and churches
39 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria Malkia na Mama (1974)HaleView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria malkia wa Amani (1985)AmaniView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria malkia wa Amani (2003)KwalukongeView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria Malkia wa Mbinguni (1902)MlinganoView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria mama wa mateso (1951)Mazinde NguaView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria Mkingiwa (1970)MarambaView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria Mpalizwa Mbinguni na Mt. Bernard (1897)GareView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria Mshindi (1937)KorogweView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria nyota ya bahari (1973)PanganiView parish
- Parokia ya Bikira Maria wa Rozari (2023)KangeView parish
- Parokia ya Ekaristi Takatifu (1950)LushotoView parish
- Parokia ya Familiya Takatifu Yesu, Maria na Yosefu (1950)KwedibomaView parish
- Parokia ya Kristo Mfufuka (1969)TangaView parish
- Parokia ya Moyo Mt. wa Yesu (1953)RangwiView parish
- Parokia ya Moyo Mt. wa Yesu (2003)MkuziView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. ... (2019)MivumoniView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Agustino wa Hipo (1991)ManunduView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Antoni wa Padua (1893)ChumbageniView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Benedikto (2010)MabughaiView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Benedikto wa Nursia (2001)TekwaView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Francis Xaveri (2006)MtindiroView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Francis Xavier (1965)KwaiView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Isidore Mkulima (2011)MkalamoView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Jemsi (2011)MisozweView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Josefu Mutesa (1985)AmboniView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Martini wa Tours (1989)SoniView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Mathias Mulumba (1990)SahareView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Maximillian Maria Kolbe (2022)MkataView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Patrick (1966)KongoiView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Petro Mtume (1985)PongweView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thomas John Kiangio
- Born
- 17 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Mazinde Ngua
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral stands in Tanga, 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
The city of Tanga in Tanzania gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Tangaënsis) that belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam.