Diocese of Bunda, Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bunda / Bundan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mwanza

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

2010.11.27: Established as Diocese of Bunda / Bundan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mwanza and Diocese of Musoma and became suffragan of Mwanza)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.04.06 – ...):

Bishop Simon Chibuga Masondole (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bunda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Simon Chibuga Masondole (52)
(2021.04.06 – ...)

Bishop of Bunda (Tanzania)

Ili tuwe watakatifu katika pendo

Born:	1972.10.02 (Bukiko-Ukerewe, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	2006.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.07.04

Priest of Bunda (Tanzania) (2006.07.02 – 2021.04.06)

Bishop of Bunda (Tanzania) (2021.04.06 – ...)

Bishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande (59) (later Archbishop)
(2010.11.27 – 2019.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania)

Bwana ni funga la posho langu

Born:	1965.11.12 (Mantare, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1995.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.02.20

Priest of Mwanza (Tanzania) (1995.07.02 – 2010.11.27)

Bishop of Bunda (Tanzania) (2010.11.27 – 2019.02.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Geita (Tanzania) (2014.05.18 – 2016.04.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania) (2019.02.11 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Paul, Bunda, Mara

Mwanza (↙), Musoma (↑), Shinyanga (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,530 km²

Population: 380,000 Catholics (25.6% of 1,485,260 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 10 missions

Personnel: 24 priests (16 diocesan, 8 religious), 42 religious (8 brothers, 34 sisters), 31 seminarians

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