Recent Events

Diocese of Bagamoyo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and Diocese of Morogoro and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam) (Tanzania)

Bishop Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was appointed as Bishop of Bagamoyo (Tanzania)

Fr. Josaphat Jackson Bududu, Priest of Tabora (Tanzania), was elected Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Tabora (Tanzania)

Fr. Romanus Elamu Mihaliè, Priest of Mafinga (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania)

Bishop Tarcisius J. M. Ngalalekumtwa resigned as Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania)

Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Tanzania)

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean, Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island and Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia

Archbishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga resigned as President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference

Bishop Flavian Matindi Kassala resigned as Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference

Bishop Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa, Bishop of Mpanda (Tanzania), was appointed as Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference

Bishop Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania), was appointed as President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference

Fr. Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

Fr. Wilbroad Henry Kibozi was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Fr. Vincent Cosmas Mwagala was consecrated as Bishop of Mafinga (Tanzania)

Fr. Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga, Priest of Mbeya (Tanzania), was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

Cardinal Protase Rugambwa took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Montesanto

Fr. Wilbroad Henry Kibozi, Priest of Dodoma (Tanzania), was elected Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Bishop Method Kilaini resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Fr. Jovitus Francis Mwijage was consecrated as Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Fr. Eusebio Samwel Kyando was consecrated as Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania)

Diocese of Mafinga was established (from Diocese of Iringa and became suffragan of Mbeya) (Tanzania)

Fr. Romanus Elamu Mihaliè, Priest of Iringa (Tanzania), was appointed as Priest of Mafinga (Tanzania)

Fr. Vincent Cosmas Mwagala, Priest of Iringa (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Mafinga (Tanzania)

Cardinal Protase Rugambwa succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)

Archbishop Paul Runangaza Ruzoka resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)

Cardinal Agostino Marchetto took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Bishop Method Kilaini resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Fr. Eusebio Samwel Kyando, Priest of Njombe (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania)

Fr. Jovitus Francis Mwijage, Priest of Bukoba (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Bishop John Chrisostom Ndimbo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Njombe (Tanzania)

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Titular Archbishop of Écija, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti

Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Montesanto

Fr. Thomas John Kiangio was consecrated as Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

Fr. Thomas John Kiangio, Priest of Tanga (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)

Archbishop Protase Rugambwa resigned as Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University and Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Archbishop Angelo Accattino, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania

Bishop Method Kilaini, Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Bishop Desiderius Rwoma resigned as Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

Archbishop Marek Solczyński, Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye and Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan

Fr. Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko was consecrated as Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania)

Fr. Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania)

Bishop Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Kahama (Tanzania)

Fr. Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko, Priest of Kigoma (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Kahama (Tanzania)

Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Archbishop ad personam, Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, was appointed as Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Bishop Bruno Pius Ngonyani resigned as Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania)

Fr. Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania)

Archbishop Marek Solczyński, Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian

Archbishop Marek Solczyński, Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkiye

Fr. Henry Mchamungu was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Fr. Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S., was consecrated as Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania)

Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro

Fr. Henry Mchamungu, Priest of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), was elected Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Fr. Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A., was elected Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Fr. Simon Chibuga Masondole was consecrated as Bishop of Bunda (Tanzania)

Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S., Apostolic Administrator of Morogoro (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania)

Bishop John Chrisostom Ndimbo, Bishop of Mbinga (Tanzania), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Njombe (Tanzania)

Bishop Alfred Leonhard Maluma, Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania), passed away at 65

Fr. Simon Chibuga Masondole, Priest of Bunda (Tanzania), was elected Bishop of Bunda (Tanzania)