Diocese of Njombe, Tanzania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Njombe / Niomben(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Songea

1968.02.16: Established as Diocese of Njombe / Niomben(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Iringa and Territorial Abbacy of Peramiho and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
1987.11.18: Became suffragan of Songea

Bishop (2023.10.19 – ...):

Bishop Eusebio Samwel Kyando (60)

Bishops of Njombe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eusebio Samwel Kyando (60)
(2023.10.19 – ...)

Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania)

Priest of Njombe (Tanzania) (1996.06.19 – 2023.10.19)

Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania) (2023.10.19 – ...)

Bishop John Chrisostom Ndimbo (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.04.13 – 2023.10.19)

Bishop Alfred Leonhard Maluma
(2002.06.08 – 2021.04.06)

Priest of Njombe (Tanzania) (1985.11.17 – 2002.06.08)

Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania) (2002.06.08 – 2021.04.06)

Bishop Raymond Mwanyika
(1971.01.16 – 2002.06.08)

Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania) (1971.01.16 – 2002.06.08)

Fr. Bruno Zwissler, O.S.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 1968.02.16 – 1971.01.16)

Mbeya (←), Mafinga (↑), Songea (↘), Mbinga (↓)

Area: 25,706 km²

Population: 336,506 Catholics (37.8% of 889,946 total)

Pastoral Centres: 49 parishes, 14 missions

Personnel: 112 priests (98 diocesan, 14 religious), 568 religious (32 brothers, 536 sisters), 46 seminarians