Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea

{{Short description|Roman Catholic archdiocese in Tanzania, Africa}}

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Songeana}}) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Songea in Tanzania.

History

12 November 1913: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lindi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam
15 December 1927: Promoted as Diocese of Lindi
23 December 1931: Demoted as Territorial Abbacy of Peramiho
6 February 1969: Promoted as Diocese of Songea

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is at the St. Mathias Mulumba Kalemba Metropolitan Cathedral in Songea.

Bishops

=Ordinaries=

Prefects Apostolic of Lindi (Latin Church)
Willibrord Lay (1913–1922)
Territorial Abbots of Peramiho (Roman rite)
Gallus Steiger (22 February 1922 – 6 December 1952)
Eberhard Spiess (9 September 1953 – 6 February 1969)
Emmanuel Mapunda (8 August 1965 – 6 February 1986)
Bishop of Songea (Latin Church)
James Joseph Komba (6 February 1969 – 18 November 1987)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Songea (Latin Church)
James Joseph Komba (18 November 1987 – 1 February 1992)
Norbert Wendelin Mtega (6 July 1992 – 15 May 2013)
Damian Denis Dallu (14 March 2014 –)

=Auxiliary bishop=

James Joseph Komba (1961–1969), appointed Bishop here

=Other priest of this diocese who became bishop=

Emmanuel A. Mapunda, appointed Bishop of Mbinga in 1986

Suffragan dioceses

Sources

[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/song0.htm GCatholic.org]
[http://www.inkamana.org/ohio/songea.htm Archdiocese of Songea website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014502/http://inkamana.org/ohio/songea.htm |date=2014-02-22 }}
[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsong.html Catholic Hierarchy]

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