Archdiocese of Dodoma
Dodomaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Dodoma, Tanzania
The Archdiocese of Dodoma is a Latin Catholic metropolitan see in Tanzania, erected as a diocese in 1953 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 6 November 2014. Its suffragans include Kondoa and Singida, and it has been led by Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 November 2014
- Latin
- Dodomaën(sis)
- Patron
- St. Paul of the Cross
- Annuario code
- 001001314
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 381,479
- Population
- 1,831,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 20.8%
- Priests
- 140
- Catholics per priest
- 2,725
- Extent
- 41,311 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.2
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
- Beatus Kinyaiya
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 of the Cross Cathedral stands in Dodoma, 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 Dodoma
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KondoaKondoa
- Diocese of SingidaSingida
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.