Catholic ChurchinUnited Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania) |
Also known as: Tansania (Deutsch), la Tanzanie (français), Tanzania (español, Italiano, polski, latine), Tanzânia (Português), 坦桑尼亞 (正體中文), タンザニア (日本語)
Roman Rite (35): Arusha, Bukoba, Bunda, Dar-es-Salaam, Dodoma, Geita, Ifakara, Iringa, Kahama, Kayanga, Kigoma, Kondoa, Lindi, Mafinga, Mahenge, Mbeya, Mbinga, Mbulu, Morogoro, Moshi, Mpanda, Mtwara, Musoma, Mwanza, Njombe, Rulenge–Ngara, Same, Shinyanga, Singida, Songea, Sumbawanga, Tabora, Tanga, Tunduru–Masasi, Zanzibar
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Apostolic Nunciature: Tanzania
Conference of Bishops: Tanzania Episcopal Conference (T.E.C.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)
Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception
Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Capital: Dodoma
Area: 885,800 km²
Population: 53,950,935
Former Name: German East Africa / Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Malawi , ↙ Zambia , ← Congo-Kinshasa , ↖ Burundi , ↖ Rwanda , ↑ Uganda , ↗ Kenya , ↓ Mozambique
Religions: Christian 61.4%, Muslim 35.2%, folk religion 1.8%, other 0.2%, unaffiliated 1.4%
Languages: Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages
Ethnic Groups: mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African
Motto: Uhuru na Umoja (Swahili) (Freedom and Unity)
Area: 883,749 km²
Catholic Population: 18,076,000 Catholics (30.4% of 59,442,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 1,281 parishes, 4,915 mission stations (67 with resident priest, 4,848 without resident priest), 381 other centres
Clergy: 42 bishops (31 diocesan, 11 titular), 3,201 priests (2,177 diocesan, 1,024 religious), 3 permanent deacons (religious)
Non-Clergy: 14,727 religious (898 brothers, 13,829 sisters), 63 members of secular institutes (sisters), 2,463 major seminarians, 509 missionaries, 17,237 catechists
Last updated on 2024.12.16
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