Titular Episcopal See of Rutabo, Tanzania 🇹🇿

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Rutabo / Rutaboën(sis) (Latin)

Location: m. Mwanza, Tanzania

1951.12.13: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Kagera / Kagera Inferiore (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bubuka)
1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Rutabo / Rutaboën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Tabora)
1960.06.21: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Bukoba)
2009.01: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Rutabo / Rutaboën(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop (2023.03.09 – ...):

Bishop Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi (62)

Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (South Africa)

Bishops of Rutabo (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa
(1953.03.25 – 1960.06.21)

Titular Bishop of Febiana (1951.12.13 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Lower Kagera (Tanzania) (1951.12.13 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Rutabo (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1960.06.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande (1960.03.31 – 1997.12.08)

Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania) (1960.06.21 – 1968.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1968.12.19 – 1992.07.22)

Vicars Apostolic of Lower Kagera (Roman Rite)

Bishop Laurean Rugambwa (later Cardinal)
(1951.12.13 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)