Diocese of

Mtwara

Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mtwara / Mtuaran(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Songea

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1931.12.22: Established as Territorial Abbacy of Ndanda / Ndandæn(sis) (Latin) (from Territorial Abbacy of Lindi)
1963.08.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nachingwea
1972.12.18: Promoted as Diocese of Mtwara / Mtuaran(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
1987.11.18: Became suffragan of Songea

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.10.15 – ...):

Bishop Titus Joseph Mdoe (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mtwara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Titus Joseph Mdoe (63)
(2015.10.15 – ...)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania)

Born:	1961.03.19 (Lushoto, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.05.01

Priest of Tanga (Tanzania) (1986.06.24 – 2013.02.16)

Titular Bishop of Bahanna (2013.02.16 – 2015.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (2013.02.16 – 2015.10.15)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania) (2015.10.15 – ...)

Bishop Gabriel Mmole
(1988.03.12 – 2015.10.15)

Born:	1939 (Nangoo, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1971.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.05.25
Died:	2019.05.15 († 79)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania) (1988.03.12 – 2015.10.15)

Bishop Maurus Libaba
(1972.12.18 – 1986.10.17)

Born:	1928.02.03 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1962.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.03.19
Died:	1988.03.03 († 60)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania) (1972.12.18 – 1986.10.17)

Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania) (1986.10.17 – 1988.03.03)

Abbot Ordinaries of Ndanda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Victor Hälg, O.S.B.
(1949.12.15 – 1972.12.18)

Born:	1906.11.12 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1932.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.06.29
Died:	1975.11.29 († 69)

Coadjutor Abbot of Ndanda (Tanzania) (1949.01.13 – 1949.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Baia (1949.01.13 – 1975.11.29)

Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania) (1949.12.15 – 1972.12.18)

Bishop Joachim Ammann, O.S.B.
(1932.05.29 – 1948.12.15)

Born:	1898.02.28 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1923.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.03.11
Died:	1981.08.19 († 83)

Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania) (1932.05.29 – 1948.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Petnelissus (1933.12.11 – 1981.08.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Abbot: Bishop Anthony Victor Hälg, O.S.B. (1949.01.13 – 1949.12.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of All Saints, Mtwara, Mtwara
Former Cathedral: Abbey of Our Lady Help of Christians, Mtwara, Mwanza

Tunduru–Masasi (←), Lindi (↑), Pemba (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,780 km²

Population: 104,200 Catholics (10.5% of 991,011 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 116 missions

Personnel: 50 priests (21 diocesan, 29 religious), 342 religious (83 brothers, 259 sisters), 16 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.26

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