Anthony Petro Mayalla (April 23, 1940 – August 19, 2009) was Tanzanian Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese 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 Vicaria ...

from his installation on February 28, 1988 until his death in 2009. Mayalla was also the founder of the Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) and the Weil Bugando Medical Centre (WBMC).

Early life

Anthony Petro Mayalla was born in the Nyamhungu village (Nera), Ng'wabagole Parish of

Kwimba District Kwimba District is one of the seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Magu District, to the east by Maswa District and Kishapu District, to the south by Shinyanga Rural, Shinyanga ...

Tanganyika Tanganyika may refer to: Places * Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state * Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania * Tanzania Main ...

(present-day Tanzania) on April 23, 1940. He attended primary and secondary school in Kwimba District. Mayalla was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...

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on December 20, 1970, at Ibindo Parish in the Mwanza Diocese. Mayalla studied at Loyola University Chicago from 1973 until 1975, receiving a degree in

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Career

Returning to Tanzania, he was elevated to the bishopric of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Musoma The Roman Catholic Diocese of Musoma ( la, Dioecesis Musomensis) is a diocese located in Musoma in the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania. History * November 4, 1946: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Musoma-Maswa from the Aposto ...

on February 22, 1979. Mayalla served as the head of the President of the TEC Council (Tanzania Episcopal Conference) beginning in June 1983 while he was Bishop of Mwanza. Miyalla was formally installed as Archbishop of the

on February 28, 1988. He remained in post until his death in 2009. Mayalla was also the founder of the Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT), and the Weil Bugando Medical Centre (WBMC) in

Mwanza Mwanza City, also known as Rock City to the residents, is a port city and capital of Mwanza Region on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in north-western Tanzania. With an urban population of 1,182,000 in 2021, it is Tanzania's second largest c ...

Death

Mayalla fell ill in the morning of August 19, 2009. He died of a

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at the Weil Bugando Medical Centre later on the same day. He was 69 years old.

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Anthony Mayalla
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