Renatus Leonard Nkwande | |
---|---|
Archbishop of Mwanza | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Mwanza |
See | Mwanza |
Appointed | 11 February 2019 |
Installed | 12 May 2019 |
Predecessor | Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2 July 1995 |
Consecration | 20 February 2011 by Polycarp Pengo |
Personal details | |
Born | Renatus Leonard Nkwande 12 November 1965 |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Bunda (2010-19) Apostolic Administrator of Geita (2014-16) |
Motto | Bwana ni funga la posho langu |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Renatus Leonard Nkwande is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza in Tanzania, incumbent since May 12, 2019.
Nkwande was born in Mantare,(sumve-Mwanza) Tanzania on November 12, 1965. He attended primary schools in Sumve. In 1981 he joined a Junior Seminary. In 1987 he went to the Kibosho Major Seminary in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi and in 1989 he studied theology in St Charles Lwanga Seminary in Dar-es-Salaam.
On July 2, 1995 he was ordained priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza. He studied in Rome for a Licentiate in Canon Law at the Pontifical Urban University between 2002-2005. Until his appointment, he was the Vicar General and administrator of the Archdiocese of Mwanza. [1]
On November 27, 2010 Renatus Leonard Nkwande was appointed bishop of the newly created Diocese of Bunda. He was ordained a bishop on February 20, 2011. [2]
On February 11, 2019, Nkwande was appointed the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza and officially resumed office on May 12, 2019. [3] [4]
Albert Gregory Meyer was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 1958 until his death in 1965, and was appointed a cardinal in 1959. He previously served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Wisconsin from 1953 to 1958 and as bishop of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin from 1946 to 1953.
William Edward Lori is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the 16th archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland since 2012. He was previously the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut, and before that as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.
Edward Kenneth Braxton is a retired American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Belleville in Illinois, from 2005 to 2020.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
George Leo Thomas is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Las Vegas in Nevada since 2018. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Helena in Montana from 2004 to 2018 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State from 1999 to 2004.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Musoma is a diocese located in Musoma in the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
Joseph Anthony Pepe is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Las Vegas in Nevada from 2001 to 2018.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florencia is an archdiocese located in the city of Florencia, Caquetá in Colombia.
David Bernard Thompson was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina from 1990 to 1999.
Leonard Paul Blair is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut since December 16, 2013.
James Douglas Conley is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln in Nebraska since 2012. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Denver from 2008 to 2012.
Anthony Petro Mayalla was a Tanzanian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza from his installation of February 28, 1988, until his death in 2009. Mayalla was also the founder of the Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) and the Weil Bugando Medical Centre (WBMC).
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunda is a diocese located in Bunda Town in the Ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
Luis Aponte Martínez was Archbishop of San Juan in Puerto Rico from 1965 to 1999. To date he is the only Puerto Rican to have been elevated as a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He participated as an elector in the two conclaves of 1978 that elected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II.
John Joseph Hirth was a Catholic Bishop in German East Africa, known as the founder of the church in Rwanda.
Joseph Francis Marie Sweens, was a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of South Nyanza in German East Africa, later in the British-administered Tanganyika Territory, now Tanzania.
John Wilson is an English prelate of the Catholic Church, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark. He had previously served as an Auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Westminster (2016–2019).
Joseph Kizito is an Ugandan-born Roman Catholic priest who was appointed as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Diwali, in South Africa, on 15 November 2019.
Isaac Amani Massawe is the incumbent archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha in Tanzania.
Matthew Ishaya Audu is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Jos since 2020. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia in 2000. He was appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos in 2020.