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
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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.
- Parokia ya Mt. Teresia (1968)Bar.20View parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Theresia wa mtoto Yesu (1976)MalindiView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Yohani Mbatizaji (2022)DongeView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Yosefu Mfanyakazi (1976)SakharaniView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Yosefu mume wa Bikira Maria (1976)MagomaView parish
- Parokia ya Mt. Yosefu Mume wa Bikira Maria (1986)MomboView parish
- Parokia ya Wat. Gregori na Katarina (1986)KabukuView parish
- Parokia ya Wat. Paulo na Ibrahimu (1976)HandeniView parish
- Parokia ya Yesu Kristo Mfalme (1953)PotweView 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
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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.