Diocese of Sumbawanga
Sumbavangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sumbawanga, Tanzania
The Diocese of Sumbawanga is a Latin-rite diocese in the Rukwa Region of southwestern Tanzania, given its current name in 1969 (formerly Karema). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mbeya and has been led since 2018 by Bishop Beatus Christian Urassa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 October 1969
- Latin
- Sumbavangen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003124
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 895,296
- Population
- 928,941
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.4%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 12,264
- Extent
- 28,654 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Beatus Christian Urassa
- Born
- 2 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Keni Mashati Rombo
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 the Three Magi stands in Sumbawanga, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mbeya.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MbeyaMbeya
- Diocese of IringaIringa
- Diocese of MafingaMafinga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Sumbawanga in Tanzania is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sumbavangensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Mbeya.
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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.