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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma

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Metropolitan
  
Archdiocese of Dodoma

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Tanzania

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Cathedral
  
Saint Paul's Cathedral

Area
  
41,311 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 1,831,000 381,479 (20.8%)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma (Latin: Dioecesis Dodomaënsis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania located in the city of Dodoma.

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History

  • January 28, 1935: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa and Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro
  • May 10, 1951: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma
  • March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Dodoma
  • November 6, 2014: Promoted as Archdiocese of Dodoma

    • Special churches

    The Cathedral is St. Paul’s Cathedral in Dodoma.

    Leadership

  • Archbishop of Dodoma
  • Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya
  • Bishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (since March 19, 2011)
  • Bishop Juda Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap. (since 2005.01.15)
  • Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja (1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15)
  • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. (1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, C.P. (1937.06.16 – 1941)

    • Suffragan Dioceses

  • Diocese of Kondoa
  • Diocese of Singida

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma Wikipedia
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