Beatus Christian Urassa

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Beatus Christian Urassa

ALCP/OSS
Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
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Right Reverend Beatus Urassa, Bishop of Sumbawanga
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Mbeya
SeeSumbawanga
Appointed19 April 2018
Installed24 June 2018
Predecessor Damian Kyaruzi
Other post(s)Provincial Superior ALCP/OSS (2003 - 2015)
Orders
Ordination12 July 1997
Consecration24 June 2018
by  Polycarp Cardinal Pengo
Personal details
Born
Beatus Christian Urassa

(1965-08-02) 2 August 1965 (age 59)
Keni Mashati Village, Rombo District, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
MottoSala, Kazi na Undugu katika Kristo
(Swahili for 'Prayer, work and fraternity in Christ')
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Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Beatus Christian Urassa, ALCP/OSS (born on 2 August 1965) in Keni Mashati Village, Rombo District, is a Tanzanian Catholic bishop, currently serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga since 24 June 2018. He succeeded Bishop Damian Kyaruzi, who retired due to age. [1] [2]

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Background and education

He was born on 2 August 1965 in Keni Mashati Village, in Rombo District, Kilimanjaro Region in the Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania. He attended the Congregation Apostles of Jesus Major Seminary in Nairobi, Kenya, where he studied philosophy. He then studied Theology at St. Charles Lwanga Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Segerea, Dar Es Salaam. Later, he graduated with a Doctorate degree in Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Teresianum Institute in Rome. [1] [2]

Priest

He was ordained priest of Opus Spiritus Sancti on 12 July 1997. [1] He served in various roles as priest including as: [2]

At the time he was appointed bishop, he was working at Eslarn Parish, Regensburg Diocese in Germany. [2]

Bishop

On 19 April 2018 Pope Francis appointed Father Beatus Christian Urassa, as Bishop of Sumbawanga. This occurred after the Holy Father accepted the age-related resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sumbawanga, Tanzania, presented by Bishop Damian Kyaruzi. [1] [2]

He was consecrated and installed in an open field outside the Sumbawanga Cathedral, in the Diocese of Sumbawanga on 24 June 2018. The Principal Consecrator was Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam assisted by Archbishop Paul Runangaza Ruzoka, Archbishop of Tabora and Bishop Damian Kyaruzi, Bishop Emeritus of Sumbawanga. [1] [3]

Bishop Beatus Christian Urassa, is a Catholic Church leader in Tanzania. He is a member of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCP/OSS) congregation, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the introduction in the Order in the country on 21 November 2024 at the Formation House Sabuko, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 David M. Cheney (25 February 2024). "MicroData Summary for Bishop Beatus Christian Urassa ALCP/OSS (born 2 August 1965), Bishop of Sumbawanga". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Kansas City. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vatican News (20 April 2018). "Tanzania: A new Bishop for Sumbawanga Diocese Appointed" (AMECEA Quoting Vatican News). Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA). Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. ↑ The Citizen Tanzania (25 June 2018). "Pengo says no room for "tribalistic" sentiments". The Citizen (Tanzania) . Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Irene Wambui (30 November 2024). "Tanzanian Catholic Bishop Calls for "self-evaluation" among Opus Spiritus Sancti Priests Marking Golden Jubilee". ACI Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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