Damian Denis Dallu

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend

| name = Damian Denis Dallu

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| title = Archbishop of Songea

| church = Catholic Church

| archdiocese = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea

| see = Songea

| appointed =14 March 2014

| term_start = 18 May 2014

| predecessor = Norbert Wendelin Mtega

| successor = Incumbent

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| ordination = 15 November 1984

| ordained_by =

| consecration = 30 July 2000

| consecrated_by = Polycarp Cardinal Pengo

| birth_name = Damian Denis Dallu

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|04|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kiponzelo, Diocese of Iringa, Iringa Region, Tanzania

| previous_post =Bishop of Geita (14 April 2000 until 14 March 2014)

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Damian Denis Dallu is a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea, Tanzania. He was appointed archbishop on 14 March 2014 by Pope Francis and was installed on 18 May 2014. Before that, he served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Geita, Tanzania. He was appointed bishop on 14 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II and was consecrated and installed on 30 July 2000.

Background and education

He was born on 26 April 1955 in Kiponzelo, Maboga, Iringa Region. He is the last born in a family of six siblings. He attended Kiponzelo Primary School from grade one to grade four. He transferred to Kalenga Middle School from grade five to grade seven. He then studied at Mafinga Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Iringa, where he completed his secondary school education in 1978.{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdalu.html |title=MicroData Summary for Archbishop Damian Denis Dallu (born 26 April 1955), Archbishop of Songea |work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org |date=25 February 2024 |author=David M. Cheney |access-date=17 January 2025 |location=Kansas City}}{{cite web| url=https://communications.amecea.org/index.php/2014/03/14/tanzania-archdiocese-of-songea-gets-new/ |title=Tanzania: Archdiocese of Songea Gets A New Shepherd |

work=Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) |

date=14 March 2014 |author=Vatican Information Service and AMECEA Social Communications Office |access-date=17 January 2025 |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}

Later, he graduated with a Master's degree from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in Nairobi, Kenya. He also holds a Doctorate in Moral Theology, from a university in Belgium.

Priest

On 15 November 1984 he was ordained priest of Geita Diocese. He served as lecturer at the Segerea Major Seminary in the archdiocese of Dar es Salaam.

Bishop

On 14 April 2000 The Holy Father appointed him Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Geita. He was consecrated and installed on 30 July 2000, by the hands of Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam assisted by Bishop Aloysius Balina, Bishop of Shinyanga and Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa, Bishop of Iringa.{{cite web| date=14 March 2014 | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201403171160.html |title=Tanzania: Appointment of the Archbishop of Songea |work=Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA) |

author=CISA |access-date=17 January 2025 |location=Nairobi, Kenya |format=via AllAfrica.com}}

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea on 14 March 2014. He was installed there on 14 May 2014. As of November 2019, Bishop Damian Denis Dallu, Archbishop of Songea, served as the President of the Episcopal Commission for Missions, in Tanzania.{{cite web| work=Agenzia Fides |url=https://www.fides.org/en/news/66932-AFRICA_TANZANIA_Strong_participation_in_the_closing_Mass_of_the_Extraordinary_Missionary_Month |title=Africa/Tanzania: Strong Participation In The Closing Mass of The Extraordinary Missionary Month |date=11 November 2019 |author=Agenzia Fides |

access-date=17 January 2025 |location=Vatican City}}

Images and diagrams

[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/new-archbishop-of-songea-damian-denis-dallu-receives-the-news-photo/451430118 New archbishop of Songea (Tanzania) Damian Denis Dallu receives the Pallium from Pope Francis during a mass for the new metropolitan archbishops and the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29, 2014 at St Peter's basilica in Vatican]

References

External links

[https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2022-07/tanzania-president-samia-suluhu-hassan-amecea-plenary.html Tanzanian president praises Eastern African Bishops’ focus on environment]