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Kipalapala
Kipalapala is a community in Tanzania close to Tabora. It became the location of a White Fathers mission around 1891, and now contains various Catholic institutions including a senior seminary and a priory. Mission The mission of St. Paul Major Seminary, Kipalapala is to impart academic, religious, moral and human training to young persons who will serve the Catholic Church and the nation as committed priests. R.P. Ganachan of the White Fathers penetrated the region of Unyanyembe in 1879, and tried unsuccessfully to settle at Tabora. In 1891 R.P. Guillet managed to open an orphanage at Tabora, which was soon moved to Kipalapala an hour's walk away. Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier was ordained bishop by Bishop Léon Livinhac on 24 August 1887 at Kipalapala. He was the first bishop to be ordained in equatorial Africa. Vision The vision of St. Paul's Major Seminary is a deep evangelization of the local Catholic Church of Tanzania through a well trained personnel. This evangeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Tabora
The Vicariate Apostolic of Unyanyembe ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Unianyembensis) was an Apostolic vicariate located in German East Africa. It was promoted to the Diocese of Tabora in 1925 and to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tabora in 1953. Creation and boundaries It was separated from the Vicariate Apostolic of Nyanza by a Decree of Propaganda on December 30, 1886. Its limits, as fixed on December 10, 1895, were: * North - the Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Nyanza * East - a line drawn from Lake Manjara (36°E.) along the mountain ridges to the North West of Ugago * South - the northern limits of Ujanzi, Ugunda, Ugetta, Uvenza, and Ujiji * West - Lake Tanganyika and the eastern boundary of the Congo Free State to the village of Ruanda. History This district was originally included in the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika. In 1879, R.P. Ganachan of the White Fathers penetrated this previously unknown region and endeavoured to settle at Tabora, but was unsucces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabora Urban District
Tabora Urban is one of the seven districts in the Tabora Region of Tanzania. This district is mostly the city of Tabora and its suburbs. It is bordered almost completely by the Uyui District. It has a small border with Nzega District to the north. Its administrative seat is the city of Tabora. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Tabora Urban District was 188,808. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Tabora Urban District was 226,999. History The history of Tabora town can be traced back to 1830 when it was called “Unyamwezi”. During the slave trade in mid-1840s, the Arabs constructed a base in the town. Tabora Municipality is west of Dar es Salaam, east of Kigoma port on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, and south of Mwanza city. The climate of the district is generally hot (20 to 32 degrees), with relative humidity ranging from 25 to 65% and the rain fall ranges from per year. The Municipality is projected t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathurin Guillemé
Mathurin Guillemé (3 July 1859 - 7 April 1942) was a Catholic White Fathers missionary who was Vicar Apostolic of Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa, Nyassa in today's Malawi from 1911 until his resignation in 1934. Early years Mathurin Guillemé was born on 3 July 1859 in Sainte Marie-de-Redon, France. He was a deacon in his home Diocese of Rennes, then was admitted to the White Fathers (Society of Missionaries of Africa) on 22 September 1882. He was ordained a priest of the White Fathers on 22 September 1883. For six months he taught scripture at the novitiate. In March 1884 he left for Zanzibar, where he worked for fifteen months. On 19 September 1885 Guillemé left Bagamoyo in the missionary caravan of Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, headed by Bishop Léon Livinhac, who was returning to his mission in Buganda. At Kondoa Mjini, Kondoa the missionaries met Captain Émile Storms, who was returning to Europe after delivering the stations of Mpala and Karema, Tanzania, Karema to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier
Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M.Afr. (20 May 1842 – 16 March 1888) was a Catholic White Fathers missionary who was Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika from January 1887 to March 1888. Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier was born on 20 May 1842 in La Canourgue, France. He was ordained a priest of the White Fathers (Society of the Missionaries of Africa) on 22 May 1869. On 3 October 1884 the ''Missions Catholiques'' announced that it was proposed to consecrate Charbonnier, former principal of the missionary training college at Algiers, as Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika. Léon Livinhac had already been consecrated as Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Nyanza on 16 September 1884. The two were to set out for their dioceses with a large staff. Charbonnier was stationed at Karema on the east shore of Lake Tanganyika when the French soldier Captain Léopold Louis Joubert arrived on 22 November 1886, on his way to provide assistance to the station of Mpala on the opposite shore o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the United Nations, Tanzania has a population of million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus ranged across Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, and the oldest remains of the genus ''Homo'' are found near Lake Olduvai. Following the rise of '' Homo erectus'' 1.8 million years ago, humanity spread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Tabora
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora ( la, Archidioecesis Taboraënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Tabora in Tanzania. In the year 2004 it had 257.390 faithful among 1.426.998 people (18.0%), with 64 priests (43 diocesans and 21 religious) (1 per 4,021 Catholics, 32 brothers and 159 sisters in 22 parishes. As per 2020 statistics, it had 235,748 faithful among 2,362,660 people (10%), with 97 priests (59 diocesan and 38 religious) which is approx. 1 priest per 2,430 catholics. Also there was 54 male religious and 229 female religious. History * January 11, 1887: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Unianyembé from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika * May 31, 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Tabora * March 25, 1953: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tabora Special churches The seat of the archbishop is St. Theresa’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Tabora. Bishops Ordinaries * Vicars Apostolic of Unianyembé (Roman rite) ** Bishop Françoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Mwanza
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza ( la, Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania. History * 1880: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan * 1883: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza * April 10, 1929: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mwanza * March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Mwanza * November 18, 1987: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mwanza * November 27, 2010: Territory lost to Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunda Special churches The seat of the archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany in Mwanza. Bishops * Vicars Apostolic of Mwanza (Roman rite) ** Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. (1894.07.13 - 1912.12.12), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kivu ** Bishop Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1912.12.12 - 1928.11.12) ** Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr. (1929.03.18 – 1950) ** Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubya
Rubya (or Rubyia) is the site of a Catholic Church mission to the south of Bukoba near the west bank of Lake Victoria in Muleba District, Kagera Region, Tanzania. A seminary was established at Rubya in 1904, one of the first in German East Africa, as it then was. The seminary still operates. There is a cathedral, a nursing school and a district hospital, all operated by the church. Location Rubya is in the Kagera Region of north-western Tanzania, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is located on the edge of a sandstone escarpment with a view of Lake Victoria. The mission is about from Muleba and from Bukoba. The village of Nyakalembe is nearby, and provides shops and a Sunday market. The climate is mild, with temperatures in the to range. Annual precipitation is about . The Rubya Seminary covers . Seminary In 1894 the Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza was split into the vicariates of Southern Victoria Nyanza, south of Lake Victoria, an eastern portion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Tanganyika
Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Apostles in the New Testament, Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Church to the original Twelve Apostles *The Apostolic Fathers, the earliest generation of post-Biblical Christian writers *The Apostolic Age, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living *The ''Apostolic Constitutions'', part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection Specific to the Roman Catholic Church *Apostolic Administrator, appointed by the Pope to an apostolic administration or a diocese without a bishop *Apostolic Camera, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration *Apostolic constitution, a public decree issued by the Pope *Apostolic Palace, the residence of the Pope in Vatican City *Apostolic prefect, the head of a mission of the Roman Catholic Church *Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Bangwelo
The Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo was a vicariate established by the Catholic White Fathers missionary society in 1913 located in what is now Zambia. Origins The Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo has its origins in the White Fathers mission at Mambwe Mwela, to the east of Mbala, established in 1891. The missionaries moved to Kayambi in 1895. In 1897 the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa was separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika, covering what is now Malawi and the north and east of Zambia. Bishop Joseph Dupont was the first Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa. On 28 January 1913 the Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo was separated from Nyassa. History The new vicariate of Bangweulu covered the Northern and Luapula Regions, while the south east part kept the name Nyassa. On 28 January 1913 Bishop Etienne-Benoît Larue was consecrated as the first Vicar Apostolic. In 1913 the Bangweulu vicariate had six mission stations, twenty five priests, eight White Sisters and six l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Nyassa
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