Archdiocese of Arusha
Arushaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Arusha, Tanzania
The Archdiocese of Arusha is a Latin Rite metropolitan see in northeastern Tanzania, erected as a diocese in 1963 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1999. It is the metropolitan for the suffragan dioceses of Mbulu, Moshi, and Same.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 March 1999
- Latin
- Arushaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000736
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 624,206
- Population
- 3,223,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 19.4%
- Priests
- 132
- Catholics per priest
- 4,729
- Extent
- 67,340 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.3
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Isaac Amani Massawe
- Born
- 10 June 1951
- Birthplace
- Mango
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Theresa's Metropolitan Cathedral, Arusha stands in Arusha, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Arusha
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MbuluMbulu
- Diocese of MoshiMoshi
- Diocese of SameSame
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Arusha, Tanzania, the Archdiocese of Arusha (Latin: Archidioecesis Arushaënsis) serves as the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Arusha, with Mbulu, Moshi and Same as its suffragan dioceses. Its territory, roughly 67,340 square kilometres in north-eastern Tanzania, spans the whole Arusha Region together with two administrative districts of Manyara Region, Simanjiro and Kiteto.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.