Titular Episcopal See of

Rutabo

Tanzania Tanzania

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See Episcopal See

Name: Rutabo / Rutaboën(sis) (Latin)

Location: m. Mwanza, Tanzania

History

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2023.03.09 – ...):Bishop Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi (60)Bishop Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi (60)

Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (South Africa)

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Rutabo (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa
(1953.03.25 – 1960.06.21)

Mater boni consilii

Born:1912.07.12 (Bukongo, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1943.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:1952.02.10
Created Cardinal:1960.03.28
Died:1997.12.08 (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania † 85)

Titular Bishop of Febiana (1951.12.13 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Lower Kagera (1951.12.13 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Rutabo (1953.03.25 – 1960.06.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande (1960.03.31 – 1997.12.08)

Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania) (1960.06.21 – 1968.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1968.12.19 – 1992.07.22)

President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (1970 – 1974)

Vicars Apostolic of Lower Kagera (Roman Rite)

Bishop Laurean Rugambwa (later Cardinal)
(1951.12.13 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Former Titular Bishops

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