Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar

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Diocese of Zanzibar
Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
Statistics
Country: Tanzania
Metropolitan: Dar-es-Salaam
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 2,332 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
990,900 (2004)
9,900 (1.0%)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin: Zanzibaren(sis)) is a diocese located in Zanzibar in the Ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.

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[edit] History

  • 1860: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar from the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion in Réunion
  • 1883: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar
  • November 16, 1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar
  • 1906: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
  • December 12, 1964: Demoted as Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar e Pemba
  • March 28, 1980: Promoted as Diocese of Zanzibar

[edit] Special Churches

The Cathedral is St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Zanzibar.

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Zanzibar (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. (since 1996.11.30)
    • Bishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1980.03.28 – 1996.11.30)
  • Apostolic Administrators of Zanzibar e Pemba (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1973 – 1980.03.28)
    • Bishop Adriani Mkoba (1968.07.16 – 1973.01.26)
    • Bishop Joseph Sipendi (1966 – 1968)
    • Archbishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. (1964.12.12 – 1966)

[edit] See also

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