Diocese of Iringa
Iringaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iringa, Tanzania
The Diocese of Iringa is a Latin Church diocese in Tanzania, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mbeya. Bishop Romanus Elamu Mihalie was appointed in January 2025 and installed in April 2025, succeeding the retired Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 March 1953
- Latin
- Iringaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001673
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 588,438
- Population
- 2,367,962
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 24.8%
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 5,944
- Extent
- 43,318 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Romanus Elamu Mihali
- Born
- 10 June 1969
- Birthplace
- Itulituli
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
Kihesa Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Iringa, 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 Mbeya
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mbeya.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MbeyaMbeya
- Diocese of MafingaMafinga
- Diocese of SumbawangaSumbawanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Iringa in Tanzania is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iringa (Latin: Dioecesis Iringaënsis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mbeya.
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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.