Diocese of Bunda
Bundan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bunda, Tanzania
The Diocese of Bunda is a Latin Church diocese in the Mara Region of Tanzania, erected in 2010. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mwanza and led by Bishop Simon Chibuga Masondole, appointed in 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 November 2010
- Latin
- Bundan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000981
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 335,000
- Population
- 1,023,397
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 32.7%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 9,853
- Extent
- 5,330 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 63
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
- Simon Chibuga Masondole
- Born
- 2 October 1972
- Birthplace
- Bukiko-Ukerewe
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. Paul's Cathedral stands in Bunda, 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 BariadiBariadi
- Diocese of BukobaBukoba
- 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.
History
Seated in Bunda Town in Tanzania, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunda (Latin: Dioecesis Bundana) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza.
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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.