Stephano Lameck Musomba | |
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Bishop of Bagamoyo, Tanzania | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam |
See | Bagamoyo |
Appointed | 7 March 2025 |
Installed | 7 March 2025 |
Predecessor | None |
Orders | |
Ordination | 24 July 2003 |
Consecration | 21 September 2021 by Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephano Lameck Musomba 25 September 1969 |
Styles of Stephano Lameck Musomba | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | His Lordship |
Religious style | Bishop |
Stephano Lameck Musomba (O.S.A.), (born on 25 September 1969), is a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the newly-created Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagamoyo, Tanzania since March 2025. Before that, from July 2021 until March 2025, he was Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam. He concurrently served as Titular Bishop of Perdices. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis on 7 July 2021. He was consecrated and installed at Dar es Salaam on 21 September 2021. On 7 March 2025, The Holy Father Francis appointed him as the pioneer bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bagamoyo, a new diocese that the Pope created that same day.
He was born on 25 September 1969 in Malonji Village, Ulenje Ward, Mbeya Rural District, Mbeya Region, Diocese of Mbeya, Tanzania. He studied philosophy and theology at the Jordan University College of Morogoro. He also holds a Licentiate in patrology awarded by the Augustinian Patristic Pontifical Institute in Rome, Italy. [1] [2]
He took his solemn vows as a member of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA), on 25 September 2002. He was ordained a priest of that same religious order on 24 July 2003. He served in that capacity until 7 July 2021. [1] [2]
As a priest, he served in various roles in different locations, including as: [2]
On 7 July 2021 he was appointed Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary of Dar-es-Salaam by Pope Francis. [3] He was consecrated and installed at the Msimbazi Centre Grounds, Dar-es-Salaam, in the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam assisted by Bishop Salutaris Melchior Libena, Bishop of Ifakara and Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, Bishop of Zanzibar. [1] [2]
On 7 March 2025, the Holy Father Francis created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagamoyo by splitting the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro, with both dioceses remaining suffragans of the Metropolitan Province of Dar es Salaam. Pope Francis appointed Bishop Stephano Lameck Musomba, until then Titular Bishop of Perdices and Auxiliary of Dar-es-Salaam, as the pioneer bishop of the new Bagamoyo diocese. [1] [2] [4]