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Diocese of Ifakara

Ifakaren(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ifakara, Tanzania

The Diocese of Ifakara is a Latin Church diocese corresponding to the Kilombero District in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. It was erected on 14 January 2012 from territory of the Diocese of Mahenge, and Salutaris Melchior Libena has been its bishop since its foundation.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
14 January 2012
Latin
Ifakaren(sis)
Annuario code
001001645

The see in figures

Catholics
373,890
Population
322,779
Priests
61
Catholics per priest
6,129
Extent
14,245 km²
Catholics per km²
26

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
Salutaris Libena

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 Patrick's Cathedral, Ifakara stands in Ifakara, 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 Dar-es-Salaam

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

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.