Diocese of Geita, Tanzania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Geita / Geitaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mwanza

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1984.11.08: Established as Diocese of Geita / Geitaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mwanza and became suffragan of Tabora)
1987.11.18: Became suffragan of Mwanza

Bishop (2016.04.28 – ...):

Bishop Flavian Matindi Kassala (57)

Bishops of Geita (Roman Rite)

Bishop Flavian Matindi Kassala (57)
(2016.04.28 – ...)

Bishop of Geita (Tanzania)

Priest of Geita (Tanzania) (1999.07.11 – 2016.04.28)

Bishop of Geita (Tanzania) (2016.04.28 – ...)

Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (2018.06.23 – 2024.06)

Bishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande (59) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.05.18 – 2016.04.28)

Bishop Damian Denis Dallu (69) (later Archbishop)
(2000.04.14 – 2014.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Songea (Tanzania)

Priest of Geita (Tanzania) (1984.11.15 – 2000.04.14)

Bishop of Geita (Tanzania) (2000.04.14 – 2014.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Songea (Tanzania) (2014.03.14 – ...)

Bishop Aloysius Balina
(1984.11.08 – 1997.08.08)

Bishop of Geita (Tanzania) (1984.11.08 – 1997.08.08)

Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania) (1997.08.08 – 2012.11.06)

Area: 10,697 km²

Population: 279,303 Catholics (13.5% of 2,071,980 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 30 priests (diocesan), 58 religious (3 brothers, 55 sisters), 49 seminarians