Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name=Tanga
latin=Dioecesis Tangaensis
country=Tanzania
metropolitan=Dar-es-Salaam
rite=Latin Rite
area= 26,807
population= 1,650,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 180,000
catholics_percent= 10.9
bishop=Anthony Banzi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga ( _la. Tangaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Tanga in the Ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.
History
* April 18, 1950: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tanga from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro
* February 24, 1958: Promoted as Diocese of Tanga
Leadership
* Bishops of Tanga (Roman rite)
** Bishop Anthony Banzi (since 1994.06.10)
** Bishop Telesphore Mkude (1988.01.18 – 1993.04.05)
** Bishop Maurus Gervase Komba (1969.12.15 – 1988.01.18)
** Bishop Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. (1958.02.24 – 1969.12.15)
* Prefects Apostolic of Tanga (Roman rite)
** Bishop Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. (1950.06.09 – 1958.02.24)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Tanzania
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/tang1.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtnga.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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