Diocese of Tanga
Tangaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tanga, Tanzania
The Diocese of Tanga is a Latin rite see in northeastern Tanzania, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1950 and promoted to a diocese in 1958. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and has been led by Bishop Thomas John Kiangio since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 February 1958
- Latin
- Tangaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001003164
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 180,000
- Population
- 1,650,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.9%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 1,915
- Extent
- 26,807 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.7
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
- Thomas John Kiangio
- Born
- 17 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Mazinde Ngua
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. Anthony of Padua Cathedral stands in Tanga, 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 Dar-es-Salaam
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Dar-es-SalaamDar-es-Salaam
- Diocese of BagamoyoBagamoyo
- Diocese of IfakaraIfakara
- Diocese of MahengeMahenge
- Diocese of MorogoroMorogoro
- Diocese of ZanzibarZanzibar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Tanga in Tanzania gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Tangaënsis) that belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam.
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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.