Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza

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The Most Reverend

Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza
Bishop of Kayanga
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza
SeeKayanga
Appointed14 August 2008
Installed6 November 2008
PredecessorNone
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination6 December 1981
Consecration6 November 2008
by  Polycarp Cardinal Pengo
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza

(1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 (age 69)
Bushagara-Kamachumu, Diocese of Bukoba, Kagera Region, Tanzania
Styles of
Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza
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Reference style
Spoken styleHis Lordship
Religious style Bishop

Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza (born 1 January 1956) is a Tanzanian Catholic prelate who serves as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kayanga. He was appointed bishop of Kayanga on 14 August 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. [1]

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Background and education

He was born on 1 January 1956, at Bushagara-Kamachumu, Bukoba District, in the Diocese of Bukoba, Kagera Region, in northwestern Tanzania. He attended primary school at the Rutabo Mission School and at the Rutabo Preparatory Seminary, graduating in 1970. He transferred to the Rubya Junior Seminary where he attended secondary school from 1971 until 1974. [1] [2]

He studied philosophy at the Ntungamo Major Seminary in Bukoba Diocese from 1975 until 1976. He then transferred to the St. Paul Major Seminary Kipalapala in Kipalapala, Archdiocese of Tabora, where he studied Theology from 1977 until 1981. From 1986, he studied at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Italy where he graduated with a Licentiate in Biblical Theology in 1988. [2]

Priesthood

He was ordained a priest of the diocese of Bukoba on 6 December 1981 by Bishop Nestorius Timanywa, Bishop of Bukoba. He served in that capacity until 14 August 2008. [1] [2]

As a priest he served in various roles inside and outside his diocese including as: [2]

As bishop

On 14 Aug 2008 Pope Benedict XVI created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kayanga by splitting the erstwhile Diocese of Rulenge (now Rulenge-Ngara). Both the new diocese and its mother diocese remained as Suffragans of the Metropolitan Ecclesiastic Province of Mwanza. The Holy Father appointed Monsignor Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza as the founding bishop of Kayanga Diocese. [1] [2] [3]

He was consecrated and installed outside the Kayanga Catholic Cathedral, in Kayanga, in the Diocese of Kayanga on 6 November 2008 by the hands of Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam assisted by Bishop Severine Niwemugizi, Bishop of Rulenge-Ngara and Bishop Nestorius Timanywa, Bishop of Bukoba. [1] [4]

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References

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  3. ↑ CISA (2 September 2008). "Africa: New Diocese in Tanzania And Bishop for Guinea-Conakry" (via AllAfrica.com). Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA). Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Angella Rwezaula (14 July 2024). "Tanzania, Askofi Rweyongeza: Kama Mchungaji Muige Kristo Mchungaji Mwema! (English: Tanzania, Bishop Rweyongeza: As Shepherds, Imitate Christ The Greatest Shepherd)" (Written in the Swahili language). Vatican News . Vatican City. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

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