Diocese of Tanga, Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tanga / Tangaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dar-es-Salaam

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1950.04.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tanga / Tangaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro)
1958.02.24: Promoted as Diocese of Tanga / Tangaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.06.07 – ...):

Bishop Thomas John Kiangio (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tanga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas John Kiangio (59)
(2023.06.07 – ...)

Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

Born:	1965.03.17 (Mazinde Ngua, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1997.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.09.03

Priest of Tanga (Tanzania) (1997.07.16 – 2023.06.07)

Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania) (2023.06.07 – ...)

Bishop Anthony Banzi
(1994.06.10 – 2020.12.20)

Mekima Umoja Amani

Born:	1946.10.28 (Tawa, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.09.15
Died:	2020.12.20 (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania † 74)

Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania) (1994.06.10 – 2020.12.20)

Bishop Telesphore Richard Mkude (78)
(1988.01.18 – 1993.04.05)

Bishop emeritus of Morogoro (Tanzania)

Swana Noiye Tumaini Langi

Born:	1945.11.30 (Pinde, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.04.26

Priest of Morogoro (Tanzania) (1972.07.16 – 1988.01.18)

Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania) (1988.01.18 – 1993.04.05)

Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania) (1993.04.05 – 2020.12.30)

Bishop Maurus Gervase Komba
(1969.12.15 – 1988.01.18)

In cruce salus

Born:	1923 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1954.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.03.15
Died:	1996.02.23 († 72)

Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania) (1969.12.15 – 1988.01.18)

Bishop Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C.
(1958.02.24 – 1969.12.15)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:	1914.04.09 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1943.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.08.24
Died:	1978.02.23 († 63)

Prefect Apostolic of Tanga (Tanzania) (1950.06.09 – 1958.02.24)

Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania) (1958.02.24 – 1969.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Tepelta (1969.12.15 – 1976.08.10)

Prefects Apostolic of Tanga (Roman Rite)

Fr. Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. (later Bishop)
(1950.06.09 – 1958.02.24)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Anthony, Tanga, Tanga

Arusha (←), Same (↖), Mombasa (↑), Zanzibar (↘), Morogoro (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 27,348 km²

Population: 267,768 Catholics (11.3% of 2,368,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 9 missions

Personnel: 89 priests (51 diocesan, 38 religious), 877 religious (56 brothers, 821 sisters), 29 seminarians