Agapiti Ndorobo | |
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Bishop of Mahenge | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam |
See | Mahenge |
Appointed | 3 March 1995 |
Installed | 16 June 1995 |
Predecessor | Patrick Iteka |
Successor | Incumbent |
Orders | |
Ordination | 6 December 1980 |
Consecration | 16 June 1995 by Polycarp Cardinal Pengo |
Personal details | |
Born | Agapiti Ndorobo 14 August 1954 Kidulo, Diocese of Dodoma, Tanzania |
Agapiti Ndorobo (born 14 August 1954) is a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahenge, Tanzania. He was appointed bishop of Mahenge on 3 March 1995 by Pope John Paul II. [1]
He was born on 14 August 1954 in Kidulo, in the Catholic Diocese of Kondoa, in the Dodoma Region, Tanzania. He studied in Tanzanian seminaries to become a priest. [1] [2]
He was ordained priest of Dodoma on 6 December 1980. He served in that role until 3 March 1995. [1] [2]
On 3 March 1995 the Holy Father appointed him Bishop of the Diocese of Mahenge, Tanzania. [1] [2] He was consecrated and installed on 16 June 1995 at Christ the King Cathedral, in Mahenge, Diocese of Mahenge. The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam assisted by Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja, Bishop of Dodoma and Bishop Telesphore Richard Mkude, Bishop of Morogoro. [1]
Among the development projects and social programs the bishop has led in his diocese are the efforts to eradicate tuberculosis from the community. [3]
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