Tanga (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

Bishop(s) Thomas John Kiangio, Bishop

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: DioceseElevated: 24 February 1958 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization Rite: Latin (or Roman)Country: Tanzania, United Republic ofSquare Kilometers: 27,348 (10,563 Square Miles)Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseoftanga.org/ Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 1108, Tanga, TanzaniaTelephone: (027)2642.417Fax: 2643.548

Past and Present Ordinaries

Eug�ne Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. † (9 Jun 1950 Appointed - 15 Dec 1969 Resigned)
Maurus Gervase Komba † (15 Dec 1969 Appointed - 18 Jan 1988 Resigned)
Telesphore Richard Mkude (18 Jan 1988 Appointed - 5 Apr 1993 Appointed, Bishop of Morogoro)
Anthony Mathias Banzi † (10 Jun 1994 Appointed - 20 Dec 2020 Died)
Thomas John Kiangio (7 Jun 2023 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga
18 April 1950	Erected	Vicariate Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanga, Pangani, Handeni, and Lushoto)	Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga (erected)
Diocese of Tanga
24 February 1958	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga	Diocese of Tanga

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes
Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga
1950	14,000	461,613	3.0%	14	14	1,000	5	ap1951
Diocese of Tanga
1970	43,481	771,739	5.6%	4	33	37	1,175	37	115	15	ap1971
1980	75,000	1,077,000	7.0%	15	29	44	1,704	42	212	21	ap1981
1990	90,017	1,362,220	6.6%	31	33	64	1,406	48	354	27	ap1991
1999	162,979	1,821,347	8.9%	43	26	69	2,362	34	421	27	ap2000
2000	166,429	1,859,647	8.9%	49	27	76	2,189	41	428	27	ap2001
2001	170,945	1,857,060	9.2%	48	26	74	2,310	40	428	27	ap2002
2002	173,776	1,860,003	9.3%	47	23	70	2,482	37	441	30	ap2003
2003	200,000	1,900,000	10.5%	45	21	66	3,030	43	429	33	ap2004
2004	180,000	1,650,000	10.9%	51	23	74	2,432	40	442	33	ap2005
2010	229,301	1,825,000	12.6%	56	28	84	2,729	57	496	31	ap2011
2014	240,000	2,058,000	11.7%	55	33	88	2,727	55	510	34	ap2015
2017	253,376	2,200,000	11.5%	62	32	94	2,695	57	717	34	ap2018
2020	263,730	2,282,000	11.6%	56	38	94	2,805	54	771	34	ap2021
2022	265,814	2,299,000	11.6%	57	37	94	2,827	52	780	33	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Source(s)

Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 705, and Page 706
Diocese of Tanga
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 926, and Page 927

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