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Stephano Lameck Musomba
Stephano Lameck Musomba (Order of Saint Augustine, O.S.A.), (born on 25 September 1969), is a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the newly-created Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagamoyo, Tanzania since March 2025. Before that, from July 2021 until March 2025, he was Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam. He concurrently served as Titular Bishop of :es:Perdices (Soria), Perdices. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis on 7 July 2021. He was consecrated and installed at Dar es Salaam on 21 September 2021. On 7 March 2025, The Holy Father Francis appointed him as the pioneer bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bagamoyo, a new diocese that the Pope created that same day. Background and education He was born on 25 September 1969 in Malonji Village, Ulenje, Ulenje Ward, Mbeya Rural District, Mbeya Region, Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania. He studied philosophy and theology at the Jordan University College of Morogoro. He also holds a Licentiate (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend (abbreviated as The Most Revd or The Most Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Catholic In the Catholic Church, two different systems may be found. In most countries, all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic ''de numero''. In the United Kingdom, only archbishops bear the style "The Most Reverend", with other bishops styled "The Right Reverend". By custom, this title is used for the Minister general, ministers general of the various branches of the Order of Friars Minor as well as of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. Eastern Orthodox In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox tradition, archbishops under the Ecumenical Patriarchate (those who are not the Primate (bishop), primates of autocephalous churches) and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theology
Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the supernatural, but also deals with religious epistemology, asks and seeks to answer the question of revelation. Revelation pertains to the acceptance of God, gods, or deity, deities, as not only transcendent or above the natural world, but also willing and able to interact with the natural world and to reveal themselves to humankind. Theologians use various forms of analysis and argument (Spirituality, experiential, philosophy, philosophical, ethnography, ethnographic, history, historical, and others) to help understanding, understand, explanation, explain, test, critique, defend or promote any myriad of List of religious topics, religious topics. As in philosophy of ethics and case law, arguments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao
Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, CSSp, known as Augustine Shao (born 25 September 1951) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar in Tanzania since 1997. Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao was born in Rombo District, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, on 25 September 1951. He was ordained a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost Fathers) on 4 June 1983. Pope John Paul II named him bishop of Zanzibar in Tanzania on 30 November 1996. He received his episcopal consecration on 27 April 1997 from Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam. On 20 June 2009, Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ... named him a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. At the Synod of Bis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salutaris Melchior Libena
Salutaris Melchior Libena (born 23 November 1963) is a Tanzanian Catholic prelate who serves as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ifakara. He was appointed bishop of Ifakara on 14 January 2012. Previously, he served as Auxiliary Bishop of Dar es Salaam from 28 January 2010 until 14 January 2012. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop on 28 January 2010. Background and education He was born on 23 November 1963, at Itete, Busokelo District, Mbeya Region, in southwestern Tanzania. He completed his primary school studies in 1978 in Ifakara, Morogoro Region. He attended ''Kasita Minor Seminary'' from 1979 until 1982, completing Senior Four there. He then transferred to the ''Mafinga Minor Seminary'' in the Diocese of Iringa, where he completed Senior Six. He studied at ''St. Augustine's Major Seminary'' in Peramiho for formation. From 1999, he studied at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome, graduating in 2001 with a Licentiate in Sacred Liturgy. Priesthood He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Member Episcopal Conferences In Eastern Africa
The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) is the association of episcopal conferences of Eastern Africa and the coordinating body of the Catholic dioceses. The AMECEA was established in 1961, with Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal Archbishop of Lusaka Adam Kozlowiecki, Society of Jesus, SJ, its founding president. It is one of ten members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Members of the AMECEA include the episcopal conferences of Ethiopia (1979), Eritrea (1993), Kenya (1961), Malawi (1961), Tanzania (1961), Zambia (1961), Sudan (1979), Uganda (1961). Somalia (1995) and Djibouti (2002) have observer status. The current chairman is Most Rev Charles Kasonde, Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde (since July 21, 2018). Honorary members *Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Tanzania *Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, Uganda *Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Sudan *Cardinal John Njue, Kenya Members *Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa, Malawi *Bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prior (ecclesiastical)
Prior (or prioress) is an Ecclesiology, ecclesiastical Title#Ecclesiastical titles (Christian), title for a Superior (hierarchy), superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be lower in rank than the abbey's abbot or abbess. Monastic superiors In the Rule of Saint Benedict, the term appears several times, referring to any superior, whether an abbot, Provost (religion), provost, Dean (Christianity), dean, etc. In other old monastic rules, the term is used in the same generic sense. With the Cluniac Reforms, the term ''prior'' received a specific meaning; it supplanted the provost or dean (''praepositus''), spoken of in the Rule of St. Benedict. The example of the Cluniac congregations was gradually followed by all Benedictine monasteries, as well as by the Camaldolese, Vallombrosians, Cistercians, Hirsau Abbey, Hirsau congregations, and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dar-es-Salaam
Dar es Salaam (, ; from ) is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the List of cities in Africa by population, fifth-largest in Africa. Located on the Swahili coast, Dar es Salaam is an important economic center and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Experts predict that the city's population will grow to over 10 million before 2030. The city was founded in the mid-19th century. It was the main administrative and commercial center of German East Africa, Tanganyika (territory), Tanganyika, and Tanzania. The decision was made in 1974 to move the capital to Dodoma which was officially completed in 1996. Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's most prominent city for arts, fashion, media, film, television, and finance. It is the capital of the co-extensive Dar es Salaam Region, one of Tanzania's Regions of Tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agenzia Fides
Agenzia Fides is the news agency of the Vatican. It is based in the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide in Rome. It is part of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. It was formed on 5 June 1927, as the first missionary news agency of the Roman Catholic Church and was approved by Pope Pius XI. History Agenzia Fides started to issue editions in English, French and Polish (latter for a short period) followed by those in Italian (1929), Spanish (1930), German (1932), Chinese (1998), Portuguese (2002) and Arabic (2008). Since 1998 Fides Service went online with up to five reports daily from non-European events. Its homepage consists of information about statistics and missionaries killed as martyrs. The image archive of the agency includes about 10,000 photographs documenting the history of Catholic missions from the years 1930 to 1990. In 2011, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic-Hierarchy
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that are in full communion with Rome. The website, not officially sanctioned by the Church, is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in Kansas City. Origin and contents In the 1990s, David M. Cheney created a simple internet website that documented the Catholic bishops in his home state of Texas—many of whom did not have webpages. In 2002, after moving to the Midwest, he officially created the present website catholic-hierarchy.org and expanded to cover the United States and eventually the world. The database contains geographical, organizational and address information on each Catholic diocese in the world, including Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See, such as the Maronite Catholic Church and the Syro-Malabar Church. It also gives biographical information on current and previous bishops of each diocese, such as d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patristicum
The Patristicum, officially the Augustinian Patristic Pontifical Institute (), is a pontifical institute in Rome, under the supervision of the Order of Saint Augustine. It is an incorporated institute of the Pontifical Lateran University. It is responsible for the study of patristic theology, the history and theology of the Church Fathers. History The Patristicum is considered a direct continuation of the fourteenth-century ''Studium Generale'' in Rome which belonged to the Augustinian order, later alongside the Biblioteca Angelica. It was established by the Augustinians and retains the name of Saint Augustine in their honour. In 1873 the two institutions were separated and the forerunner to the Institute moved to its current location on the Via Paolo VI in Rome. In November 1989, the institute was formally established under the Congregation for Catholic Education. In 2023, Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrology
Patristics, also known as Patrology, is a branch of theological studies focused on the writings and teachings of the Church Fathers, between the 1st to 8th centuries CE. Scholars analyze texts from both orthodox and heretical authors. Patristics emerged as a distinct discipline in the 19th century, supported by critical editions like Patrologia Latina and Patrologia Graeca. The field employs textual analysis, archaeology, and historical criticism to analyze early Christianity's doctrinal, cultural, and intellectual development, incorporating traditions beyond Greek and Latin, such as Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopian. Etymology Patrology, derived from the Latin (father) and Greek ''logos'' (discourse), primarily refers to the study of the Church Fathers and serves as an introduction to early Christian writings. Historically, it also included large compilations of these writings, such as ''Patrologia Latina'' and '' Patrologia Graeca'' by Migne.Stausberg, M., & Vevaina, Y. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
