Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar

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Diocese of Zanzibar

Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
Location
CountryTanzania
Ecclesiastical province Dar-es-Salaam
Statistics
Area2,332 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 990,900
  • 9,900 (1.0%)
Information
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.

The Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin : Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.

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The diocese’s cathedral is St. Joseph's Cathedral located in the episcopal see of Zanzibar.

History

St. Joseph's Cathedral in Zanzibar Stone Town, St. Joseph Cathedral.jpg
St. Joseph's Cathedral in Zanzibar

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Zanguebar
Apostolic Vicars of Zanguebar
Apostolic Vicars of Northern Zanguebar
Apostolic Vicars of Zanzibar
Suppressed (1953 - 1964)
Apostolic Administrators of Zanzibar and Pemba
Suffragan Bishops of Zanzibar

See also

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