Isaac Amani Massawe
{{Short description|Tanzanian Roman Catholic archbishop}}
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| type = Archbishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Isaac Amani Massawe
| title = Archbishop of Arusha
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| church = Roman Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Arusha
| province = Arusha
| appointed = 27 December 2017
| term_start = 8 April 2018
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| predecessor = Josaphat Louis Lebulu
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| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Bishop of Moshi (2007–2017)}}
| ordination = 29 June 1975
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| consecration = 22 February 2008
| consecrated_by = Cardinal Polycarp Pengo
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|06|10}}
| birth_place = Mango, Moshi, Tanzania
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| religion = Roman Catholic
| residence = Epiphany Parish, Burka, Arusha
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| alma_mater = {{bulleted list|St James Minor seminary (1966–1969)|Ntungamo Major Seminary (1970–1972)|Kipalapala Major Seminary (1972–1975)|Walsh University, Ohio (1990–2003)}}
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| motto = {{lang|sw|Kuwajibika na Kushirikiana katika Kristo}}
(English: responsible and cooperative in Christ)
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| date of priestly ordination = 29 June 1975
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| consecrated by = Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, (Archbishop emeritus of Dar es Salaam)
| co-consecrators = Josaphat Louis Lebulu (Archbishop emeritus of Arusha)
Amedeus Msarikie (Moshi)
| date of consecration = 22 February 2008
| place of consecration = Christ the King Cathedral, Moshi, Tanzania
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Isaac Amani Massawe (born 10 June 1951, in Mango) is the incumbent archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha in Tanzania.
Early life and ministry
Massawe was born at Mango in the Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania, on 10 June 1951.{{Cite web|title=Archbishop Isaac Amani Massawe [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmassawe.html|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}
He attended the diocesan minor seminary of St. James of Moshi from 1966 until 1969, studied philosophy at the major seminary of Ntungamo in the Diocese of Bukoba from 1970 until 1972, and theology at the major seminary of Kipalapala in the Archdiocese of Tabora (1972–1975).{{cite news | url = http://www.fides.org/en/news/10824-AFRICA_TANZANIA_Bishop_of_Moshi_resigns_successor_appointed | title = Bishop of Moshi resigns, successor appointed | work = fides.org | language = en | date = 21 November 2007 | access-date = 17 November 2016}}
He was consecrated priest on 29 June 1975.{{fact|date=January 2025}}
Between 1986 and 1989 he was teacher and vice-rector of the diocesan minor seminary of San Giacomo di Moshi. From 1990 he studied at Walsh University in North Canton, in Ohio, graduating in 2003. During this period he exercised his ministry in several US parishes, and then moved to his homeland at the Cathedral of Christ the King of Moshi.{{cite news | url = http://moshidiocese5.tumblr.com/post/59491120661/bishop-isaac-amani-massawe-will-visit-ohio-in | title = Bishop Isaac Amani Massawe will visit Ohio in September | work = moshidiocese5.tumblr.com | language = en | date = | access-date = 29 October 2015}} Between 1999 and 2004 he was chaplain for the diocesan congregation of the Brothers of the Redeemer.
Episcopal ministry
On 21 November 2007, he was appointed Bishop of Moshi{{cite news | url = http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mosh0.htm | title = Diocese of Moshi | work = gcatholic.org | language = en | date = | access-date = 28 October 2015}} by Pope Benedict XVI;{{cite news | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/11/21/0612/01661.html#RINUNCIA%20DEL%20VESCOVO%20DI%20MOSHI%20%28TANZANIA%29% 20E% 20 APPOINTMENT% 20 OF% 20SUCCESSOR | title = Resignations and appointments | work = press.vatican.va | language = | date = 21 November 2007 | access-date = 29 October 2015}} he was ordained on 22 February 2008, by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, the co-consecrators were Josaphat Louis Lebulu, metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha, and bishop Amedeus Msarikie, his predecessor in Moshi.
On 27 December 2017, he was appointed metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha by Pope Francis.{{cite news | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/12/27/0927/01985.html | title = Resignations and appointments | work = press.vatican.va | language = | date = 27 December 2017 | access-date = 27 December 2017}}
As chair of the governing board for Mwenge University College of Education, Massawe oversaw its transition to full University status in 2014, as Mwenge Catholic University, the second Catholic University in Tanzania.{{Cite web|title=Mwenge Catholic University becomes Tanzania’s latest university|url=http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2014/09/27/mwenge_catholic_university_becomes_tanzania%E2%80%99s_latest_university/en-1107404|access-date=2021-04-22|website=www.archivioradiovaticana.va}}
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Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Arusha
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Moshi
Category:Walsh University alumni