The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam ( la, Archidioecesis Daressalaamensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the

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Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

The archdiocese's motherchurch and seat of its archbishop is St. Joseph's Cathedral. The Archdiocese has been led by Archbishop

Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi Jude Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi, OFMCap (born 30 January 1954) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam since 15 August 2019. He is a Capuchin and has been a bishop since 1998. Biography Jude Thaddeus Ruwa ...

since 15 August 2019.

History

* It was erected as the

Apostolic Prefecture An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...

of Southern Zanguebar by

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on November 16, 1897, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar. * It was promoted to Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Zanguebar on September 15, 1902. It was renamed by Pope Pius X as the Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam on August 10, 1906. * Lost territories on November 12, 1913 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Lindi and again on March 3, 1922 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa * Promoted to

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by Pope Pius XII on March 25, 1953 * Lost territories on April 21, 1964 to establish Diocese of Mahenge and again on December 12, 1964 to establish the then Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba (now Diocese of Zanzibar, both its suffragans * It enjoyed a papal visit from

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in September 1990.

Province

Its

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comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following suffragan bishoprics: *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ifakara The diocese of Ifakara (in Latin: ''Dioecesis Ifakarensis'') is a see of the Roman Catholic Church suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. In 2012, it counted 287,000 baptized people among a population of 322,779 inhabitants ...

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahenge *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro The Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro ( la, Dioecesis Morogoroënsis) is a diocese located in the city of Morogoro in the Ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. History * May 11, 1906: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Centra ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga ( la, Dioecesis Tangaënsis) is a diocese located in the city of Tanga in the Ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. History * April 18, 1950: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tanga from ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar The Diocese of Zanzibar ( la, Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. The dioc ...

Bishops

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Southern Zanguebar

* Bonifatius Fleschutz, O.S.B. (1887-1891) * Maurus Hartmann, O.S.B. (1894-1902)

Apostolic Vicar of Southern Zanguebar

* Cassian Spiß, O.S.B. (1902-1905)

Apostolic Vicars of Dar-es-Salaam

Thomas Spreiter Thomas (Franz Xavier) Spreiter, OSB (28 December 1865 – 27 January 1944) was a German missionary, one of the first of the Missionary Benedictines, who worked in German East Africa and later South Africa. He was the ordinary of the Roman C ...

, O.S.B. (1906-1920), appointed Apostolic Vicar of Natal and later Apostolic Vicar of Eshowe * Joseph Gabriel Zelger, O.F.M. Cap. (1923-1929) * Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. (1930-1953); ''see below''

Archbishops of Dar-es-Salaam

* Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. (1953-1968); ''see above'' * Cardinal

Laurean Rugambwa Laurean Rugambwa (July 12, 1912 – December 8, 1997) was the first modern native African Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Dar es Salaam from 1968 to 1992, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960. Biography Laure ...

(1968-1992) *

Polycarp Pengo Polycarp Pengo (born 5 August 1944) is a prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, from 1992 to 2019. A bishop since 1983, he was made a cardinal in 1998. Biography Polycarp Pengo was born on 5 August 1944. He ...

(1992-2019, Coadjutor 1990-1992) (Cardinal in 1998) *

(2019–present, Coadjutor 2018–2020)

Coadjutor Archbishops

(1990-1992); future Cardinal *

(2018–2019)

Auxiliary Bishops

* Method Kilaini (1999-2009), appointed auxiliary bishop of Bukoba * Salutaris Melchior Libena (2010-2012), appointed Bishop of Ifakara * Elias Mchonde (1956-1964), appointed Bishop of Mahenge * Titus Joseph Mdoe (2013-2015), appointed Bishop of Mtwara * Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa (2010-2020), appointed Bishop of Mpanda

References

External links

Catholic-Hierarchy

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