Diocese of Bariadi
Bariadens(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bariadi, Tanzania
The Diocese of Bariadi in Tanzania was erected by Pope Leo XIV on January 8, 2026, from territory of the Diocese of Shinyanga and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mwanza. Bishop Prosper Balthazar Lyimo is its first bishop, installed on March 19, 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 January 2026
- Latin
- Bariadens(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005139
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 366,000
- Population
- 1,221,540
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 30.0%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 8,512
- Extent
- 16,638 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Bishop
- Prosper Balthazar Lyimo
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
Pro-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist stands in Bariadi, 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 Mwanza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mwanza.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MwanzaMwanza
- Diocese of BukobaBukoba
- Diocese of BundaBunda
- Diocese of GeitaGeita
- Diocese of KayangaKayanga
- Diocese of MusomaMusoma
- Diocese of Rulenge–NgaraRulenge–Ngara
- Diocese of ShinyangaShinyanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- . . . . ., Bariadi, Tanzania
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.