The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza ( la, Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis) is the

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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 cit ...

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History

* 1880: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza from the

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* 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

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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 John Joseph Hirth (french: Jean-Joseph Hirth; 26 March 1854 – 6 January 1931) was a Catholic Bishop in German East Africa, known as the founder of the church in Rwanda. Early years John Joseph Hirth was born on 26 March 1854 at Spechbach-le-Ba ...

, M. Afr. (1894.07.13 - 1912.12.12), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kivu ** Bishop

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, M. Afr. (1912.12.12 - 1928.11.12) ** Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr. (1929.03.18 – 1950) ** Bishop

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, M. Afr. (1950.06.25 – 1953.03.25 ''see below'') *

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s of Mwanza (Roman rite) ** Bishop

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(''see above'' 1953.03.25 – 1965.10.15) ** Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1966.01.15 – 1987.11.18) * Metropolitan Archbishops of Mwanza (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Anthony Mayala (1987.11.18 - 2009.08.20) ** Archbishop

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, O.F.M.Cap. (2010.11.10 - 2018.06.21), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam ** Archbishop

Renatus Leonard Nkwande Renatus Leonard Nkwande is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza in Tanzania, incumbent since May 12, 2019. Biography Nkwande was born in Mantare,(sumve-Mwanza) Tanzania on November 12, 1965. He attended primary schools in Su ...

(2019.02.11 - )

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

, M. Afr. (1910-1912)

Auxiliary Bishop

* Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1959-1965), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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, appointed Bishop of Musoma in 2007 *

, appointed Bishop of Bunda in 2010; later returned here as Archbishop

Suffragan dioceses

Bukoba Bukoba is a city with a population of 128,796 (2012 census), situated in the north west of Tanzania on the south western shores of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the Kagera region, and the administrative seat for Bukoba Urban District. T ...

* Bunda *

Geita Geita is a town and regional capital of Geita Region in northwestern Tanzania. The town is known for its gold trade. Geita, with a population of 99,795 (2012 census). It is located in the centre of a gold mining area. In March 2012 it became th ...

* Kayanga *

Musoma Musoma is a city in the east shore of lake Victoria of Tanzania. It is the capital of Mara Region, one of the administrative Regions of Tanzania. It also serves as the administrative centre of Musoma Rural District and Musoma Urban District. Lo ...

* Rulenge-Ngara *

Shinyanga Shinyanga, also known as Shinyanga Mji in the local Swahili language, is a city in northern Tanzania. The city is the location of the regional headquarters of Shinyanga Region as well as the district headquarters of Shinyanga Urban District. The ...

Sources

GCatholic.org
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