Renatus Leonard Nkwande

The Most Reverend 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
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Bunda (2010-19) Apostolic Administrator of Geita (2014-16)
Orders
Ordination	2 July 1995
Consecration	20 February 2011 by  Polycarp Pengo
Personal details
Born	Renatus Leonard Nkwande (1965-11-12) 12 November 1965 (age 59) Mantare, Tanzania
Motto	Bwana ni funga la posho langu
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Renatus Leonard Nkwande is the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza in Tanzania, incumbent since May 12, 2019.

Biography

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 and 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]}

The Most Reverend, Renatus L. Nkwande

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References

1. "allAfrica.com: Tanzania: First Bishop Appointed to New Diocese of Bunda".
2. "Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
3. "Africa: Pope Names New Leaders in Three Dioceses". February 12, 2019.
4. "Askofu mkuu Renatus Nkwande, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza: 12 Mei 2019 - | Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. May 10, 2019.
5. "ARCHDIOCESE OF MWANZA". archmwanza.or.tz. Retrieved 2022-09-27.