Diocese of Rulenge–Ngara
Rulengen(sis)-Ngaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rulenge–Ngara, Tanzania
The Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara is a Latin Catholic diocese in northwestern Tanzania, originating as the Apostolic Vicariate of Bubuka in 1929 and renamed Rulenge-Ngara in 2008. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mwanza and is led by Bishop Severine NiweMugizi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 August 2008
- Latin
- Rulengen(sis)-Ngaren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Annuario code
- 001002782
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 595,773
- Population
- 1,171,209
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 50.9%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 9,930
- Extent
- 20,720 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
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
- Severine Niwemugizi
- Born
- 3 June 1956
- Birthplace
- Katoke
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 stands in Rulenge–Ngara, 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 Mwanza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mwanza.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MwanzaMwanza
- Diocese of BariadiBariadi
- Diocese of BukobaBukoba
- Diocese of BundaBunda
- Diocese of GeitaGeita
- Diocese of KayangaKayanga
- Diocese of MusomaMusoma
- Diocese of ShinyangaShinyanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in Rulenge, Tanzania, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara (Latin: Dioecesis Rulengensis-Ngarensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza.
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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.