Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora (Latin: Archidioecesis Taboraënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Tabora in Tanzania.

In the year 2004 it had 257.390 faithful among 1.426.998 people (18.0%), with 64 priests (43 diocesans and 21 religious) (1 per 4,021 Catholics, 32 brothers and 159 sisters in 22 parishes.

History

• January 11, 1887: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Unianyembé from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika
• May 31, 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Tabora
• March 25, 1953: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tabora

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is St. Theresa’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Tabora.

Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Tabora (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Paul R. Ruzoka (since 2006.11.25)
  • Archbishop Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde (1985.03.09 – 2006.03.14)
  • Archbishop Marko Mihayo (1960.06.21 – 1985.03.09)
  • Archbishop Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr. (1953.03.25 – 1959.12.21)
• Bishops of Tabora (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr. (1950.05.31 – 1953.03.25)
  • Bishop Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. (1933.04.25 – 1949)
  • Bishop Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. (1928.11.29 – 1932.03.24)
  • Bishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. (1912.06.27 – 1928.07.23)
• Vicars Apostolic of Unianyembé (Roman rite)
  • Bishop François Gerboin, M. Afr. (1897.01.28 – 1912.06.27)

Suffragan dioceses

• Kahama
• Kigoma
• Mpanda
• Singida
• Sumbawanga

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

Source

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy Information
• Tanzania Episcopal Conference
• Bolla Quemadmodum ad Nos, AAS 45 (1953), p. 705