Aloysius Balina (21 January 1945 – 6 November 2012) was bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Shinyanga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shinyanga ( la, Dioecesis Shinyangaënsis) is a diocese located in Shinyanga in the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania. History * June 24, 1950: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Maswa from the Apost ...

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 ...

. Born in Isoso and ordained to the priesthood on 21 June 1971, Balina was appointed by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

as Bishop of

Geita Geita is a town and regional capital of Geita Region in northwestern Tanzania. The town is known for its gold trade. Geita, with a population of 99,795 (2012 census). It is located in the centre of a gold mining area. In March 2012 it became th ...

in 1984; he was consecrated by John Paul II on 6 January 1985. In 1997, he was appointed Bishop of Shinyanga; he was installed on 17 November the same year. Balina died on 6 November 2012 in

Mwanza Mwanza City, also known as Rock City to the residents, is a port city and capital of Mwanza Region on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in north-western Tanzania. With an urban population of 1,182,000 in 2021, it is Tanzania's second largest c ...

, Tanzania.

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