Archdiocese of Mbeya

Mbeyaën(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mbeya, Tanzania

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Mbeya, Tanzania, elevated from a diocese to an archdiocese on December 21, 2018, with Gervas Nyaisonga as its first metropolitan archbishop. Its suffragans include Iringa, Sumbawanga, and Mafinga.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 21 December 2018
Latin: Mbeyaën(sis)
Annuario code: 001002201

The see in figures

Catholics: 548,000
Population: 2,783,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 19.7%
Priests: 102
Catholics per priest: 5,373
Extent: 60,348 km²
Catholics per km²: 9.1

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: Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga
Born: 3 November 1966
Birthplace: Bunda

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

Christ the King Cathedral stands in Mbeya, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

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.