Diocese of

Mbulu

Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mbulu / Mbuluen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Arusha

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1943.04.14: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Mbulu / Mbuluen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro, Apostolic Vicariate of Tabora and Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma)
1952.01.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mbulu / Mbuluen(sis) (Latin)
1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Mbulu / Mbuluen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
1972.03.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Singida
1999.03.16: Became suffragan of Arusha

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.05.22 – ...):

Bishop Anthony Gaspar Lagwen (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mbulu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Gaspar Lagwen (57)
(2018.05.22 – ...)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania)

Born:	1967.07.05 (Tlawi, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1999.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.08.12

Priest of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1999.10.18 – 2018.05.22)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (2018.05.22 – ...)

Bishop Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (67) (later Archbishop)
(2006.04.22 – 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)

Bishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap. (70) (later Archbishop)
(1999.02.09 – 2005.01.15)

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 Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando
(1971.07.03 – 1997.03.07)

Born:	1926.04.02 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1958.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.10.03
Died:	1997.12.28 († 71)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1971.07.03 – 1997.03.07)

Bishop Patrick Winters, S.A.C.
(1953.03.25 – 1971.07.03)

Born:	1908.10.08 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1938.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.05.04
Died:	1994.04.01 († 85)

Prefect Apostolic of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1944.01.28 – 1952.01.10)

Titular Bishop of Burca (1952.01.10 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1952.01.10 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1971.07.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Mbulu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patrick Winters, S.A.C.
(1952.01.10 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Mbulu (Roman Rite)

Fr. Patrick Winters, S.A.C. (later Bishop)
(1944.01.28 – 1952.01.10)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sanu Cathedral, Mbulu, Manyara

Singida (↙), Shinyanga (←), Arusha (→), Kondoa (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,057 km²

Population: 372,851 Catholics (24.1% of 1,548,369 total)

Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes

Personnel: 123 priests (76 diocesan, 47 religious), 345 religious (63 brothers, 282 sisters), 75 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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