Joseph Sipendi (19 March 1915 - 29 April 1985) was a

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clergyman and

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for the

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, having previously been Bishop of Zanzibar.

Biography

In 1928 Joseph Sipendi attended the

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in Kilema. From 1937 to 1945 Sipendi studied in Rome, where he obtained degrees in

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and

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He received the

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of Holy Orders on December 20, 1942. From 1966 to 1968 Sipendi was Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar and Pemba. On January 11, 1968,

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appointed him Bishop of Moshi. The bishop of

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, Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa, conferred episcopal consecration on him on 24 March of the same year at Christ the King Cathedral in Moshi; his Co-consecrators were Archbishop of

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, Marko Mihayo, and Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Joseph Kilasara, CSSp. He died in 1985.

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