Diocese of Mahenge
Mahengen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mahenge, Tanzania
The Diocese of Mahenge is a Latin Catholic see in the Morogoro region of southeastern Tanzania, covering the Ulanga district. It was erected in 1964 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 April 1964
- Latin
- Mahengen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002107
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 465,696
- Population
- 531,237
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.7%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 8,787
- Extent
- 39,498 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Agapiti Ndorobo
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
Cathedral of Christ the King stands in Mahenge, 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:
- Archdiocese of Dar-es-SalaamDar-es-Salaam
- Diocese of BagamoyoBagamoyo
- Diocese of IfakaraIfakara
- Diocese of MorogoroMorogoro
- Diocese of TangaTanga
- Diocese of ZanzibarZanzibar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Tanzania's ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam, the city of Mahenge gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Mahengensis).
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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.