Suffragan diocese Tunduru–Masasi, Tanzania
Diocese of Tunduru–Masasi
Tunduruen(sis)-Masasien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Tunduru-Masasi is a Latin Church diocese in Tanzania, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Songea. It was established in 1986 from the suppressed Diocese of Nachingwea.
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- Established
- 1986
- Catholics
- 90,740
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 22,730 km²
Parishes and churches
21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral Parish (St. Francis Xavier)Tunduru · CathedralView parish
- Chikukwe Parish (St. Antonio di Padova)MasasiView parish
- Chikunja Quasi-Parish (St. Andrew the Apostle)MasasiView parish
- Chingulungulu Parish (St. Pius X)MasasiView parish
- Chiungutwa Parish (St. Francis of Assisi)MasasiView parish
- Hulia Parish (St. Helena)TunduruView parish
- Lukuledi Parish (Ss. Peter and Paul the Apostles)MasasiView parish
- Lupaso Parish (St. Therese of the Child Jesus)MasasiView parish
- Magumuchila Quasi-Parish (Uganda Martyrs)MasasiView parish
- Makanya Parish (St. Michael the Archangel)MasasiView parish
- Makulani Parish (St. Michael the Archangel)MasasiView parish
- Mangaka Parish (Our Lady of Fatima)MasasiView parish
- Masasi Parish (Our Lady of the Assumption)MasasiView parish
- Matemanga Parish (Blessed Virgin Mary)TunduruView parish
- Miuta Parish (St. Vigilio)MasasiView parish
- Muhuwesi Parish (St. Therese of the Child Jesus)TunduruView parish
- Nakapanya Parish (Mother of the Savior)TunduruView parish
- Nambaya Parish (St. Clement I)MasasiView parish
- Nandembo Parish (Our Lady of Fatima)TunduruView parish
- Nanjota Parish (St. John the Baptist)MasasiView parish
- Tunduru Parish (Immaculate Conception)TunduruView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Filbert Felician Mhasi
- Born
- 30 November 1970
- Birthplace
- Biro
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The cathedral
Catedral de San Francisco Javier stands in Tunduru–Masasi, 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
In the extreme southern part of Tanzania, near the border with Mozambique and surrounded by the Selous Game Reserve, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tunduru-Masasi (Latin: Dioecesis Tunduruensis-Masasiensis), located in Tunduru-Masasi within the ecclesiastical province of Songea. The diocese covers an area of 22,730 square kilometers, bordered to the East by the diocese of Mtwara, to the Northeast by the diocese of Lindi, to the South by Mozambique, and to the West by the Archdiocese of Songea. It now counts 24 local priests and 19 parishes.