Diocese of Mbinga
Mbingaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mbinga, Tanzania
Latin rite diocese in Mbinga, Tanzania, erected on December 22, 1986, from the Diocese of Songea. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Songea.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 1986
- Latin
- Mbingaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002202
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 346,712
- Population
- 461,579
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.1%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 5,334
- Extent
- 11,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
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
- John Chrisostom Ndimbo
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. Kilian Cathedral stands in Mbinga, 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 Songea
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Songea.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SongeaSongea
- Diocese of LindiLindi
- Diocese of MtwaraMtwara
- Diocese of NjombeNjombe
- Diocese of Tunduru–MasasiTunduru–Masasi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Mbinga, in Tanzania, is home to a Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Dioecesis Mbingaënsis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Songea.
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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.