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Suffragan diocese Tanga, Tanzania

Diocese of Tanga

Tangaën(sis)

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

Esri
Tanga, Tanzania, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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

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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.