Stephano Lameck Musomba ( 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 An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam () is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania. The archdiocese's Mother Church, motherchurch and seat of its archbishop is St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dar es Salaam, ...

. He concurrently served as Titular Bishop of Perdices. He was appointed bishop by

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on 7 July 2021. He was consecrated and installed at

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 ...

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 Ward,

Mbeya Rural District Mbeya Rural District is one of the seven districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Mbarali District and Chunya District, to the south by Mbeya Urban District and Rungwe District, to the east by Iringa Region and t ...

Mbeya Region Mbeya Region (''Mkoa wa Mbeya'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of G ...

, Diocese of Mbeya,

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. He studied

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and

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 itse ...

at the

Jordan University College The Jordan University College (JUCO) is a constituent college of St. Augustine University of Tanzania in Morogoro, Tanzania. History The religious Superiors of the congregations working in Tanzania agreed early on with the Salvatorian Mission ...

Morogoro Morogoro is a city located in the eastern part of Tanzania, approximately 196 kilometers (122 miles) west of Dar es Salaam. Retrieved on November 24, 2011. It serves as the capital of the Morogoro Region. Informally, it is referred to as ''Mji ...

. He also holds a Licentiate in

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awarded by the Augustinian Patristic Pontifical Institute in

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, Italy.

Priest

He took his solemn vows as a member of the

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(OSA), on 25 September 2002. He was ordained a priest of that same religious order on 24 July 2003. He served in that capacity until 7 July 2021. As a priest, he served in various roles in different locations, including as: * Assistant parish priest of Immaculate Conception Parish, in Mavurunza,

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 ...

, from 2003 until 2004 and from 2014 until 2016. * Parish priest of Immaculate Conception Parish in Mavurunza, Dar-es-Salaam from 2018 until 2021. * Formator in the House of Formation of the Order of Saint Augustine in

from 2008 until 2009 and from 2016 until 2018. * Lecturer in the Faculty of Theology of Jordan University College in Morogoro from 2008 until 2009. * Parish priest of Saint Augustine Parish in Ternboni in Dar-es-Salaam from 2009 until 2014. *

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of the Community of Saint Monica from 2018 until 2021.

Bishop

On 7 July 2021 he was appointed Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary of Dar-es-Salaam by

. He was consecrated and installed at the ''Msimbazi Centre Grounds'', Dar-es-Salaam, in the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop

Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi Jude Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, OFMCap (born 30 January 1954) is a Demographics of Tanzania, Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaa ...

, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam assisted by Bishop

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 Bi ...

, Bishop of Ifakara and Bishop

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 ...

, Bishop of Zanzibar. On 7 March 2025, the Holy Father Francis created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagamoyo by splitting the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro, with both dioceses remaining suffragans of the Metropolitan Province of Dar es Salaam.

appointed Bishop Stephano Lameck Musomba, until then Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary of Dar-es-Salaam, as the pioneer bishop of the new Bagamoyo diocese.

References

Succession table

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