The Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) is the conference of bishops of the

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in Tanzania. Founded in 1956, the Episcopal Conference was officially recognized by the government in 1957. It includes all the

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bishops of the country, ordinary, and auxiliary emeritus. Its headquarters is located in the capital

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. The statutes of the Conference were approved by the

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on January 8, 1980. The TEC is a member of the

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(AMECEA) and

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(SECAM).

Structure

The TEC consists of the following institutions: the Plenary Assembly, the Permanent Council, the Secretary-General, eight departments, three research units, eight commissions. The authority and responsibility for managing the activities of TEC are granted Plenary Assembly, composed of all members, which meets once a year and is chaired by the President of the Conference. The management of the TEC is instead assigned to the Permanent Council, assisted by the Secretariat General. The Permanent Council is composed of the President of the Presiding Bishop of TEC and the Departments of TEC. The duties of the Secretary General are to organize the work of the Plenary Assembly, to implement its decisions, to liaise between the dioceses of the country. The TEC is then composed of eight departments (finance, pastoral, health, charity, communications, lay apostolate, education and seminars, liturgy), three units (including the ecclesiastical charge of building) and eight Commissions (armed forces and prisons, Migrants, Theology, Canon Law, Justice and Peace, Ecumenism, Consecrated Life).

List of presidents

1969-1970:

Placidus Nkalanga Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, OSB (19 June 1919 – 18 December 2015) was a Tanzanian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a monk of the St Maurus & St Placidus Hanga Abbey in Hanga, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania, a Benedictine monastery of ...

, Bishop of

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 ...

1970-1976:

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, Bishop of

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1976-1982: Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde, Bishop of Iringa 1982-1988: Anthony Mayala, Bishop of

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1988-1994: Josaphat Louis Lebulu, Bishop of Same 1994-2000: Justin Tetmu Samba, Bishop of

2000-2006: Severine Niwemugizi, Bishop of Rulenge-

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2006 - 2012 - Jude Thaddeus Ruwa'ichi, Archbishop of

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 ...

2012 - 2018 - Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa, Bishop of Iringa 2018 - .... - Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbeya

References

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External links

* http://www.rc.net/tanzania/tec/index.htm * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/TZ.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/tz.html

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 ...

Catholic Church in Tanzania Christian organizations established in 1956 1956 establishments in Tanganyika