Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma (Latin: Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania located in the city of Dodoma.

Archdiocese of Dodoma Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis
St. Paul of the Cross Cathedral
Location
Country	Tanzania
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Dodoma
Statistics
Area	41,311 km2 (15,950 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,831,000 381,479 (20.8%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Saint Paul of the Cross Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Beatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap

History

• January 28, 1935: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa and Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro
• May 10, 1951: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma
• March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Dodoma
• November 6, 2014: Promoted as Archdiocese of Dodoma

Special churches

The cathedral church is St. Paul of the Cross in Dodoma.

Bishops

• Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, CP (1937.06.16 – 1941)
• Vicar Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, CP (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25 see below)
• Bishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, CP (see above 1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20)
  • Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja (1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15)
  • Bishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, OFMCap (2005.01.15 - 2010.11.10), appointed Archbishop of Mwanza
  • Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (2011.03.19 - 2014.02.17), appointed Bishop of Mpanda
• Archbishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap (2014.11.06 -)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa, appointed Bishop of Kondoa in 2011

Suffragan Dioceses

• Diocese of Kondoa
• Diocese of Singida

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy