Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar

The Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin: Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.

Diocese of Zanzibar

Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
Location
CountryTanzania
Ecclesiastical provinceDar-es-Salaam
Statistics
Area2,332 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
990,900
9,900 (1.0%)
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAugustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.

The diocese’s cathedral is St. Joseph's Cathedral located in the episcopal see of Zanzibar.

History

St. Joseph's Cathedral in Zanzibar

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Zanguebar
  • Armand-René Maupoint (1862 – 1871.07.10), while Bishop of mother diocese (Saint-Denis-de-) La Réunion (Réunion) ([1857.02.14] 1857.03.19 – 1871.07.10)
  • Antoine Hormer, C.S.Sp. (1868 – 1877)
  • Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (1883.10.27 – 1883.11.23)
Apostolic Vicars of Zanguebar
  • Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (1883.11.23 – 1887), Titular Bishop of Bodona (1883.11.23 – 1925.02.20)
Apostolic Vicars of Northern Zanguebar
  • Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (1887 – 1896.11.27)
  • Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (1897.02.17 – 1906.12.21), Titular Bishop of Ticelia (1897.02.17 – 1924.04.09)
Apostolic Vicars of Zanzibar
  • Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (1906.12.21 – 1913.04.03)
  • John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. (1913.09.01 – 1930.03.08), Titular Bishop of Carrhæ (1913.09.01 – 1943.02.27)
  • John William Heffernan, C.S.Sp. (1932.03.15 – 1946), Titular Bishop of Uzippari (1932.03.15 – 1966.03.20)
  • John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. (1946.07.11 – 1953.03.25), Titular Bishop of Cercina (1946.07.11 – 1953.03.25), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1971.10.24), President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1969 – 1970)
Suppressed (1953 - 1964)
Apostolic Administrators of Zanzibar and Pemba
  • Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. (1964.12.12 – 1966), Titular Bishop of Vinda (1930.03.27 – 1953.03.25), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19)
  • Joseph Sipendi (1966 – 1968), later Bishop of Moshi(Tanzania) (1968.01.11 – 1985.04.29)
  • Adriani Mkoba (1968.07.16 – 1973.01.26), while Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania) (1966.12.15 – 1992.11.06)
  • Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1973 – 1980.03.28)
Suffragan Bishops of Zanzibar

See also

6.1628°S 39.1888°E / -6.1628; 39.1888



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.