Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dodoma, Tanzania 🇹🇿

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Kondoa, Singida

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kondoa (↑), Arusha (↗), Morogoro (→), Iringa (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Gemma Maria Umberta Galgani

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1935.01.28: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro and Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa)
1943.04.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Mbulu
1951.05.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin)
1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
1972.03.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Singida
2011.03.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kondoa
2014.11.06: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Kondoa and Singida)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.11.06 – ...):	Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (68)
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.02.12 – ...):	Bishop Wilbroad Henry Kibozi (52) Titular Bishop of Zallata

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Dodoma (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (68)
(2014.11.06 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Born:	1957.05.09 (Shimbwe, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.07.02

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (2006.04.22 – 2014.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) (2014.11.06 – ...)

Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (2015.09.04 – 2018.06.23)

Bishops of Dodoma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernardine Francis Mfumbusa
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.05.04 – 2014.11.06)

Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (59) (later Archbishop)
(2011.01.09 – 2014.02.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1966.11.03 (Bunda, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1996.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.03.19

Priest of Mbeya (Tanzania) (1996.07.11 – 2011.01.09)

Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) (2011.01.09 – 2014.02.17)

Bishop of Mpanda (Tanzania) (2014.02.17 – 2018.12.21)

President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (2018.06.23 – 2024.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbeya (Tanzania) (2018.12.21 – ...)

Bishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap. (72) (later Archbishop)
(2005.01.15 – 2010.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Bwana wajua nakupenda

Born:	1954.01.30 (Mulo-Kilema, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1981.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.16

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1999.02.09 – 2005.01.15)

Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) (2005.01.15 – 2010.11.10)

President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (2006 – 2012.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania) (2010.11.10 – 2018.06.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Shinyanga (Tanzania) (2013 – 2015.02.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (2018.06.21 – 2019.08.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (2019.08.15 – ...)

Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja
(1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15)

Born:	1929.08.14 (Haubi, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1960.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.09.17
Died:	2016.04.13 († 86)

Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) (1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15)

Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P.
(1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20)

Born:	1908.08.02 (Rocche di Molare, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1932.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.07.15
Died:	1971.12.20 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Bithynia (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Dodoma (Tanzania) (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P.
(1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman Rite)

Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, C.P.
(1937.06.16 – 1941)

Died:

1941

Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Tanzania) (1937.06.16 – 1941)