Kipalapala
| Kipalapala | |
|---|---|
  Kipalapala | |
| Coordinates: 5°05′38″S 32°47′56″E / 5.094006°S 32.798792°ECoordinates: 5°05′38″S 32°47′56″E / 5.094006°S 32.798792°E | |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Region | Tabora Region |
| District | Tabora Urban District |
| Ward | Itetemia Ward |
Kipalapala is a community in Tanzania close to Tabora. It became the location of a White Fathers mission around 1891, and now contains various Catholic institutions including a senior seminary and a priory.
Mission
R.P. Ganachan of the White Fathers penetrated the region of Unyanyembe in 1879, and tried unsuccessfully to settle at Tabora.[1] In 1891 R.P. Guillet managed to open an orphanage at Tabora, which was soon moved to Kipalapala an hour's walk away.[1] Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier was ordained bishop by Bishop Léon Livinhac on 24 August 1887 at Kipalapala. He was the first bishop to be ordained in equatorial Africa.[2]
Seminary
St. Paul's Senior Seminary is located in Kipalapala.[3] In the years that followed World War I the White Fathers decided that a regional seminary should be founded at Kipalapala to serve the apostolic vicariates of Tabora, Nyassa, Bangwelo and Tanganyika. When the seminary at Rubya was closed in 1929 the seminarians from the Apostolic Vicariate of Mwanza joined the seminary at Kipalapala.[4] The seminaries were threatened by British educational regulations, and to meet them it was decided in 1928 to meet the demands of the colonial administration and conduct classes in English. Bishop Mathurin Guillemé, vicar apostolic of Nyassa, was one of the driving forces in establishing the regional seminary at Kipalapala.[5]
Other
St Bernard's Priory, Kipalapala, Archdiocese of Tabora was founded on 1 January 1984 and raised to Simple Priory on 20 August 1992.[6]
References
Citations
Sources
- Gahungu, Méthode (February 2008). "Grand Séminaire de Kipalapala". Former les prêtres en Afrique: Le rôle des Pères Blancs (1879-1936). Editions L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-18604-0. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
- Inkamana (21 January 2005). "St. Bernard's Priory, Kipalapala, Tanzania". Retrieved 2013-04-23.
- Macerlean, A.A. (1913). "Unyanyembe". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
- Minnaert, Stefaan (20 March 2007). "ARCHBISHOP LIVINHAC (1846-1922)". Translated by Donald MacLeod. Society of the Missionaries of Africa. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- "St. Paul's Senior Seminary Kipalapala". Pontificia Università Urbaniana. Retrieved 2013-04-23.