Roman Catholic Diocese of Njombe

Diocese of Njombe Dioecesis Niombena
Location
Country	Tanzania
Metropolitan	Songea
Statistics
Area	20,860 km2 (8,050 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 659,506 258,446 (39.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Eusebio Samwel Kyando
Apostolic Administrator	John Chrisostom Ndimbo

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

History

• February 16, 1968: Established as Diocese of Njombe from the Diocese of Iringa and Territorial Abbacy of Peramiho

Leadership

Ordinaries

• Raymond Mwanyika (16 January 1971 – 8 June 2002)
• Alfred Leonhard Maluma (8 June 2002 – 6 April 2021)
• Eusebio Samwel Kyando (19 October 2023 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Castor Paul Msemwa, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi in 2004
• Norbert Wendelin Mtega, appointed Bishop of Iringa in 1985

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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