He was born at Mkuu, Rombo District, in the diocese of Moshi, Tanganyika Territory on 30 October 1956. He attended primary school in his home area between 1965 and 1972. In 1973 he entered the Maua Franciscan Minor Seminary in Moshi Diocese, where he studied for his O-Level studies. He completed his A-Level studies in 1978 at a secondary school in Mzumbe, in the Morogoro Region. He spent the two years from 1978 until 1980 performing military service in neighboring Uganda.[1][2]
In August 1980 he entered the Kibosho Seminary, administered by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, where he studied Philosophy. He then completed his canonical novitiate in Magamba, in the diocese of Tanga in 1982. He studied Theology at an institution in Nairobi, Kenya, before he was ordained a priest in May 1987.[2]
As a priest, he served in various roles including as:[2]
Lecturer of Canon Law at the Seminary of the Holy Ghost Fathers in Tangaza from 1990 until 1994.
Lecturer of Canon Law at the Apostles of Jesus Major Seminary, from 1990 until 1994.
Lecturer of Canon Law at the Marist Seminary, from 1990 until 1994.
Director of programmes for initial and ongoing formation for his Institute for East Africa, Indian Ocean and North Africa from 1998 until 2004.
Parish priest of Kipawa Parish from 2006 until 2009.
Judicial Vicar of the Inter-diocesan Tribunal, from 2006 until 2009.
Member of the Consultors of the archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam from 2006 until 2009.
Lecturer at the Major Seminary at Segerea, archdiocese of Dar es Salaam from 2006 until 2009.
On 1 May 2009 he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Same, which fell vacant when Bishop Jacob Venance Koda resigned.[2]
Bishop
On 30 April 2010 Pope Benedict XVI, appointed Father Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp., as Bishop of the diocese of Same in Tanzania. Up until that date the Tanzanian prelate had served as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese following the resignation of Bishop Jacob Venance Koda.[1][2]
In September 2014, the Executive Board of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), elected the Right Reverend Rogatus Kimaryo, Bishop of Same Diocese, Tanzania as the new chairman of AMECEA's Staffing Committee, for the next four years.[3]
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