Archdiocese of Mwanza

Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis
Location
Country Tanzania
TerritoryMwanza
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Mwanza
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1880
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopRenatus Leonard Nkwande

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza (Latin: Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.

History

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany in Mwanza.

Bishops

  • Vicars Apostolic of Mwanza (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. (1894.07.13 - 1912.12.12), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kivu
    • Bishop Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1912.12.12 - 1928.11.12)
    • Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr. (1929.03.18 – 1950)
    • Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. (1950.06.25 – 1953.03.25 see below)
  • Bishops of Mwanza (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1965.10.15)
    • Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1966.01.15 – 1987.11.18)
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Mwanza (Roman rite)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

  • Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1910-1912)

Auxiliary Bishop

  • Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1959-1965), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila, appointed Bishop of Musoma in 2007
  • Renatus Leonard Nkwande, appointed Bishop of Bunda in 2010; later returned here as Archbishop

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources

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