Diocese of Tanga
Tangaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tanga, Tanzania
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 February 1958
- Latin
- Tangaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001003164
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 180,000
- Population
- 1,650,000
- Catholic share
- 10.9%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 1,915
- Extent
- 26,807 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.7
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
- Thomas John Kiangio
- Born
- 17 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Mazinde Ngua
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
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.
The province of Dar-es-Salaam
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Dar-es-SalaamDar-es-Salaam
- Diocese of BagamoyoBagamoyo
- Diocese of IfakaraIfakara
- Diocese of MahengeMahenge
- Diocese of MorogoroMorogoro
- Diocese of ZanzibarZanzibar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].