Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahenge

Diocese of Mahenge Dioecesis Mahengensis
Location
Country	Tanzania
Metropolitan	Dar-es-Salaam
Statistics
Area	39,498 km^2 (15,250 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 531,237 465,696 (87.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Agapiti Ndorobo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahenge (Latin: Dioecesis Mahengensis) is a diocese located in the city of Mahenge in the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.

History

• April 21, 1964: Established as Diocese of Mahenge from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam

Bishops

• Bishops of Mahenge (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Elias Mchonde (1964.04.21 – 1969.06.13)
  • Bishop Nikasius Kipengele (1970.06.25 – 1971.12.07)
  • Bishop Patrick Iteka (1973.06.14 – 1993.08.22)
  • Bishop Agapiti Ndorobo (since 1995.03.03)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Salutaris Melchior Libena, appointed auxiliary bishop of Dar-es-Salaam in 2010
• Filbert Felician Mhasi, appointed Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi in 2018

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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