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Diocese of Moshi Dioecesis Moshiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Tanzania |
Metropolitan | Arusha |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,029 km2 (1,942 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 881,376 575,249 (65.3%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral, Moshi |
Patron saint | Christ The King |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi (Latin : Dioecesis Moshiensis) is a diocese located in the town of Moshi in the ecclesiastical province of Arusha in Tanzania. The Diocese stretches along the slopes and low plains of volcanic mountain Kilimanjaro, covering an area of 5,029 sq Km. The Diocese of Moshi was officially inaugurated on March 25, 1953. [1]
The Cathedral is Christ the King Cathedral in Moshi.
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