Diocese of

Moshi

Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Moshi / Moshien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Arusha

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1910.09.13: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro / de Kilima-Niaro (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo)
1935.01.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma
1943.04.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Mbulu
1950.04.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tanga
1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Moshi / Moshien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
1963.03.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Arusha
1963.12.10: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Same
1999.03.16: Became suffragan of Arusha

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1990.09)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.12.02 – ...):

Bishop Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Moshi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS (72)
(2019.12.02 – ...)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania)

Veni Sancte Spiritus

Born:	1952.12.09 (Kibosho, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.05

Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania) (2001.04.24 – 2019.12.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Kahama (Tanzania) (2019.12.02 – 2022.06.23)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (2019.12.02 – ...)

Bishop Isaac Amani Massawe (73) (later Archbishop)
(2007.11.21 – 2017.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha (Tanzania)

Kuwajibikana Kushirikiana Katika Kristo

Born:	1951.06.10 (Mango, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.02.22

Priest of Moshi (Tanzania) (1975.06.29 – 2007.11.21)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (2007.11.21 – 2017.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha (Tanzania) (2017.12.27 – ...)

Bishop Amedeus Msarikie
(1986.03.21 – 2007.11.21)

Born:	1931.09 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1961.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.05.01
Died:	2013.02.07 († 81)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (1986.03.21 – 2007.11.21)

Bishop Joseph Sipendi
(1968.01.11 – 1985.04.29)

Born:	1915.03.19 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.03.24
Died:	1985.04.29 († 70)

Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba (Tanzania) (1966 – 1968.01.11)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (1968.01.11 – 1985.04.29)

Bishop Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp.
(1960.01.12 – 1966.11.03)

Born:	1916.04.03
Ordained Priest:	1944.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.08
Died:	1978.11.21 († 62)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (1960.01.12 – 1966.11.03)

Titular Bishop of Tisedi (1966.11.03 – 1978.11.21)

Bishop Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp.
(1953.03.25 – 1959.05.15)

Born:	1880.04.27 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1903.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.03.20
Died:	1961.10.20 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Vasada (1932.11.29 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania) (1932.11.29 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1959.05.15)

Titular Bishop of Abaradira (1959.05.15 – 1961.10.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp.
(1932.11.29 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Bishop Enrico Gogarty, C.S.Sp.
(1923.11.28 – 1931.12.08)

Born:	1884.09.09 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1913.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.06.08
Died:	1931.12.08 († 47)

Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania) (1923.11.28 – 1931.12.08)

Titular Bishop of Themiscyra (1923.12.23 – 1931.12.08)

Bishop Marie-Joseph-Aloys Munsch, C.S.Sp.
(1910.09.13 – 1922.01.16)

Born:	1869.10.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1894.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.02.05
Died:	1942.12.28 († 73)

Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania) (1910.09.13 – 1922.01.16)

Titular Bishop of Magnesia ad Mæandrum (1910.09.13 – 1942.12.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Christ the King, Moshi, Kilimanjaro

Arusha (←), Ngong (↑), Mombasa (→), Same (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,020 km²

Population: 686,865 Catholics (63.3% of 1,085,283 total)

Pastoral Centres: 81 parishes, 132 missions

Personnel: 246 priests (187 diocesan, 59 religious), 1,321 religious (156 brothers, 1,165 sisters), 143 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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