Diocese of Njombe
Niomben(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Njombe, Tanzania
The Diocese of Njombe is a Latin Church diocese in Tanzania, erected in 1968 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Songea. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Njombe, and the see has been led by Bishop Eusebio Samwel Kyando since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 February 1968
- Latin
- Niomben(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002398
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 336,506
- Population
- 659,506
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 51.0%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 3,005
- Extent
- 20,860 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Eusebio Samwel Kyando
- Born
- 7 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Njombe
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 St. Joseph stands in Njombe, 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 MbingaMbinga
- Diocese of MtwaraMtwara
- Diocese of Tunduru–MasasiTunduru–Masasi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Njombe in Tanzania is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Njombe (Latin: Dioecesis Niombena), a see within the ecclesiastical province of Songea.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, 112 Songea Road, P.O. Box 54, Njombe, Tanzania
- Telephone
- [026]278.2033
- njombe03@gmail.com
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.