Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma

{{Infobox diocese

|jurisdiction = Diocese

|name = Kigoma

|latin = Dioecesis Kigomaënsis

|country = {{flag|Tanzania}}

|metropolitan = Tabora

|rite = Latin Rite

|area_km2 = 42,000

|population = 1,680,009

|population_as_of = 2004

|catholics = 409,900

|catholics_percent= 24.4

|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|bishop =Joseph R. Mlola, ALCP/OSS

|website= [https://catholickigomadiocese.org/ Catholickigomadiocese.org]

}}

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Kigomaënsis}}) is a diocese located in Kigoma in the ecclesiastical province of Tabora in Tanzania. Because of the appointment of Bishop Protase Rugambwa as an Archbishop ad personam (given the personal title of archbishop with the position of Deputy Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies) by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, the Diocese became a vacant see (sede vacante).{{Cite web |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/10/0512/01140.html |title=Rinunce e nomine |access-date=2014-07-11 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714221508/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/10/0512/01140.html |url-status=dead }}

History

27 September 1880: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan
10 May 1946: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kigoma
25 March 1953: Promoted as the Diocese of Kigoma

Leadership

Vicars Apostolic of Tanganika (Latin rite)
Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. (1887.01.14 – 1888.03.16)
Léonce Bridoux, M. Afr. (1888.06.15 – 1890.10.21)
Adolphe Lechaptois, M. Afr. (1891.06.19 – 1917.11.30)
Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. (1920.04.22 – 1936.04.22)
John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (1936.11.19 – 1946.05.10 see below)
Vicar Apostolic of Kigoma (Latin rite)
John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (see above 1946.05.10 – 1953.03.25 see below)
Bishops of Kigoma (Latin rite)
John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1957.11.22)
James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. (1958.08.05 – 1969.12.15)
Alphonse Daniel Nsabi (1969.12.15 – 1989.08.16)
Paul R. Ruzoka (1989.11.10 – 2006.11.25); named Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora
Protase Rugambwa (2008.01.18 - 2012.06.26); named Archbishop (President of the Pontifical Mission Societies and Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), Currently Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora
Joseph R. Mlola, ALCP/OSS, (2014.07.10 - present)

Other diocesan clergy appointed bishops

Monsignor Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko, appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kahama (23 June 2022 - present)

References

Sources

[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kigo0.htm GCatholic.org]
[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkigo.html Catholic Hierarchy]

[https://catholickigomadiocese.org/ catholickigomadiocese.org]

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Kigoma

Kigoma, Roman Catholic Diocese of