The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma ( la, Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis) is an ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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located in the city of

Dodoma Dodoma ( in Gogo), officially Dodoma City, is the national capital of Tanzania and the capital of the Dodoma Region, with a population of 410,956. In 1974, the Tanzanian government announced that the capital would be moved to Dodoma for social a ...

History

* January 28, 1935: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa and Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro * May 10, 1951: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma * March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Dodoma * November 6, 2014: Promoted as Archdiocese of Dodoma

Special churches

The cathedral church is St. Paul of the Cross in Dodoma.

Bishops

* Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite) ** Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, CP (1937.06.16 – 1941) * Vicar Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite) ** Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, CP (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25 ''see below'') *

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s of Dodoma (Roman rite) ** Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, CP (''see above'' 1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20) ** Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja (1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15) ** Bishop Juda Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi,

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(2005.01.15 - 2010.11.10), appointed Archbishop of Mwanza ** Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (2011.03.19 - 2014.02.17), appointed Bishop of Mpanda *

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s of Dodoma (Roman rite) **Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap (2014.11.06 -)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa, appointed Bishop of Kondoa in 2011

Suffragan Dioceses

* Diocese of Kondoa * Diocese of Singida

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

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