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Laurean Rugambwa was the first modern native African Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Dar es Salaam from 1968 to 1992, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960.
Zaghwan is a town in the northern half of Tunisia.
The Catholic Church in Tanzania is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rulenge–Ngara is a diocese located in Rulenge in the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Singida is a diocese located in Singida in the Ecclesiastical province of Dodoma in Tanzania.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kayanga is a diocese located in the city of Kayanga in the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania. It was established August 14, 2008 from territory previously in the Diocese of Rulenge.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Nyanza was a Roman Catholic mission territory in Eastern and Central Africa. It was an apostolic vicariate split out from the larger Vicariate of Nyanza in June 1894. It lost territory to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu in 1912, and was divided into the vicariates of Bukoba and Mwanza in 1929.
Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, OSB was a Tanzanian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a monk of the St Maurus & St Placidus Hanga Abbey in Hanga, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania, a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien. He lived there for 42 years, from his resignation from the bishopry in 1973 until his death in 2015.
Novatus Rugambwa is a Tanzanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See, and, since he became a Papal Nuncio, and thus, an Archbishop, the Titular Archbishop of Tagaria. Since his appointment by Pope Francis on Thursday, 5 March 2015, he is serving as Papal Nuncio to Honduras.
The bishops met in the local Episcopal Conference of Tanzania. Founded in 1956, the Episcopal Conference was officially recognized by the government in 1957. It includes all the Catholic bishops of the country, ordinary, and auxiliary emeritus. Its headquarters is located in the capital Dar es Salaam. The statutes of the Conference were approved by the Holy See on January 8, 1980.
The TEC is a member of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).
The TEC consists of the following institutions: the Plenary Assembly, the Permanent Council, the Secretary-General, eight departments, three research units, eight commissions. The authority and responsibility for managing the activities of TEC are granted Plenary Assembly, composed of all members, which meets once a year and is chaired by the President of the Conference. The management of the TEC is instead assigned to the Permanent Council, assisted by the Secretariat General. The Permanent Council is composed of the President of the Presiding Bishop of TEC and the Departments of TEC. Duties of the Secretary General are to organize the work of the Plenary Assembly, to implement its decisions, to liaise between the dioceses of the country.
The TEC is then composed of eight departments, three units and eight Commissions.
Burkhard Huwiler, M.Afr., was a Swiss Roman Catholic bishop who served as a missionary in Africa from 1929 to 1946.
Kashozi is the site of a Catholic mission established in German East Africa, now Tanzania. It is about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the north of Bukoba.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rutabo was a short-lived (1951–1960) bishopric in Tanzania and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.
Febiana was city and former bishopric in Roman North Africa, which only remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Nestorius Timanywa was a Tanzanian Roman Catholic bishop.
