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Vicariate Apostolic Of Unyanyembe
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 Northern Victoria Nyanza, 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 Manyara, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German East Africa
German East Africa (GEA; german: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozambique. GEA's area was , which was nearly three times the area of present-day Germany and double the area of metropolitan Germany at the time. The colony was organised when the German military was asked in the late 1880s to put down a revolt against the activities of the German East Africa Company. It ended with Imperial Germany's defeat in World War I. Ultimately GEA was divided between Britain, Belgium and Portugal and was reorganised as a mandate of the League of Nations. History Like other colonial powers the Germans expanded their empire in the Africa Great Lakes region, ostensibly to fight slavery and the slave trade. Unlike other imperial powers, however they never formally abolished either slavery or the slave trade and preferre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
