Roman Catholic Diocese of Lindi

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Diocese of Lindi

Dioecesis Lindiensis
Location
CountryFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Metropolitan Songea
Statistics
Area56,060 km2 (21,640 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
791,306
128,438 (16.2%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Wolfgang Pisa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lindi (Latin : Dioecesis Lindiensis) is a diocese located in Lindi in the ecclesiastical province of Songea in Tanzania.

Contents

History

Leadership

Bishops of Nachingwea
Bishops of Lindi

See also

Sources

10°00′29″S39°42′55″E / 10.0080°S 39.7154°E / -10.0080; 39.7154


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