Nestorius Timanywa (7 May 1937 – 28 August 2018) was a Tanzanian Roman Catholic bishop.
Timanywa was born in Kakungiri Village, Bwanjai, Bukoba
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
and was ordained to the priesthood on 11 December 1966 in Bukoba Diocese, Kagera, Tanzania. On 26 November 1973 he was appointed Bishop of Bukoba and ordained on 24 February 1974. He served as bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bukoba
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bukoba ( la, Dioecesis Bukobaënsis) is a diocese located in Bukoba in the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/30302.php?index=30302&lang=en
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, Tanzania, from 1974 to 15 January 2013 when he retired. Bishop Timanywa died on 28 August 2018 at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza.
Diocese of Bukoba
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1937 births
2018 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Tanzania
People from Bukoba
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Tanzania
Roman Catholic bishops of Bukoba
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