Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma

Roman Catholic diocese in Tanzania, Africa

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Diocese of Kigoma Dioecesis Kigomaënsis

Location
Country	Tanzania
Metropolitan	Tabora
Statistics
Area	42,000 km² (16,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,680,009 409,900 (24.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph R. Mlola, ALCP/OSS
Website
Catholickigomadiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma (Latin: Dioecesis Kigomaënsis) is a diocese located in Kigoma in the ecclesiastical province of Tabora in Tanzania. Because of the appointment of Bishop Protase Rugambwa as an Archbishop ad personam (given the personal title of archbishop with the position of Deputy Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies) by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, the Diocese became a vacant see (sede vacante).^[1]

History

27 September 1880: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan
10 May 1946: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kigoma
25 March 1953: Promoted as the Diocese of Kigoma

Leadership

Vicars Apostolic of Tanganika (Latin rite)
- Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. (1887.01.14 – 1888.03.16)
- Léonce Bridoux, M. Afr. (1888.06.15 – 1890.10.21)
- Adolphe Lechaptois, M. Afr. (1891.06.19 – 1917.11.30)
- Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. (1920.04.22 – 1936.04.22)
- John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (1936.11.19 – 1946.05.10 see below)
Vicar Apostolic of Kigoma (Latin rite)
- John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (see above 1946.05.10 – 1953.03.25 see below)
Bishops of Kigoma (Latin rite)
- John van Sambeek, M. Afr. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1957.11.22)
- James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. (1958.08.05 – 1969.12.15)
- Alphonse Daniel Nsabi (1969.12.15 – 1989.08.16)
- Paul R. Ruzoka (1989.11.10 – 2006.11.25); named Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora
- Protase Rugambwa (2008.01.18 - 2012.06.26); named Archbishop (President of the Pontifical Mission Societies and Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), Currently Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora
- Joseph R. Mlola, ALCP/OSS, (2014.07.10 - present)