Suffragan diocese Zanzibar, Tanzania
Diocese of Zanzibar
Zanzibaren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Zanzibar is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, covering the islands of Unguja and Pemba in Tanzania. It was established as a diocese in 1980, with St. Joseph's Cathedral as its seat.
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- Established
- 1980
- Catholics
- 13,000
- Priests
- 20
- Territory
- 2,332 km²
Parishes and churches
31 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
- Augustine Shao
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The cathedral
St. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Zanzibar, 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
A Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin: Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. St. Joseph's Cathedral, located in the episcopal see of Zanzibar, serves as its cathedral.