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The Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) is the conference of bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania. Founded in 1956, the Episcopal Conference was officially recognized by the government in 1957. It includes all the Catholic bishops of the country, ordinary, and auxiliary emeritus. Its headquarters is located in the capital Dar es Salaam. The statutes of the Conference were approved by the Holy See on January 8, 1980.
The TEC is a member of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).
The TEC consists of the following institutions: the Plenary Assembly, the Permanent Council, the Secretary-General, eight departments, three research units, eight commissions. The authority and responsibility for managing the activities of TEC are granted Plenary Assembly, composed of all members, which meets once a year and is chaired by the President of the Conference. The management of the TEC is instead assigned to the Permanent Council, assisted by the Secretariat General. The Permanent Council is composed of the President of the Presiding Bishop of TEC and the Departments of TEC. The duties of the Secretary General are to organize the work of the Plenary Assembly, to implement its decisions, to liaise between the dioceses of the country.
The TEC is then composed of eight departments (finance, pastoral, health, charity, communications, lay apostolate, education and seminars, liturgy), three units (including the ecclesiastical charge of building) and eight Commissions (armed forces and prisons, Migrants, Theology, Canon Law, Justice and Peace, Ecumenism, Consecrated Life).
1969–1970: Placidus Nkalanga, Bishop of Bukoba
1970-–976: James Dominic Sangu, Bishop of Mbeya
1976–1982: Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde, Bishop of Iringa, later Archbishop of Tabora
1982–1988: Anthony Mayala, Bishop of Musoma
1988–1994: Josaphat Louis Lebulu, Bishop of Same, later Archbishop of Arusha
1994–2000: Justin Tetmu Samba, Bishop of Musoma
2000–2006: Severine Niwemugizi, Bishop of Rulenge-Ngara
2006–2012: Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M. Cap, Archbishop of Mwanza, later Archbishop of Dar es Salaam
2012–2018: Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa, Bishop of Iringa
2018 – 2024: Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga, Archbishop of Mbeya
2024 - present: Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap, Bishop of Lindi
Iringa is a city in Tanzania with a population of 202,490 and situated at a latitude of 7.77°S and longitude of 35.69°E. The name is derived from the Hehe word lilinga, meaning fort. Iringa is the administrative capital of Iringa Region. Iringa Municipal Council is the administrative designation of the Municipality of Iringa. Iringa has been one of the coldest regions in Tanzania due to its geographical location but that has attracted a lot of tourists from colder regions abroad especially Western Europe. Iringa also hosts one of Africa’s largest national parks the Ruaha National Park.
The Catholic Church in Tanzania is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
The Anglican Church of Tanzania is a province of the Anglican Communion based in Dodoma. It consists of 28 dioceses headed by their respective bishops. It seceded from the Province of East Africa in 1970, which it shared with Kenya. The current primate and archbishop is Maimbo Mndolwa, enthroned on 20 May 2018.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iringa is a diocese located in Iringa in the ecclesiastical province of Mbeya in Tanzania.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tanzania:
Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, OSB was a Tanzanian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a monk of the St Maurus & St Placidus Hanga Abbey in Hanga, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania, a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien. He lived there for 42 years, from his resignation from the episcopate in 1973 until his death in 2015.
St Mary's Mbeya Secondary School (SMMSS) is a school in Mbeya, Tanzania, located on the Tanzania-Zambia Highway.
The Episcopal Conference of Côte d'Ivoire is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Côte d'Ivoire. Founded in 1970, the Episcopal Conference has been officially recognized on February 16, 2007 by the Ivorian state. It includes all the Catholic bishops of the country, ordinary, and auxiliary emeritus. It has its headquarters in Abidjan.
Medical Stores Department (MSD) was established by the Act of Parliament No.13 of 1993 as an autonomous department under the Ministry of Health, Social Development, Gender, Elderly and Children responsible for develop, maintain and manage an efficient and cost effective system of procurement, storage and distribution of approved medicines and medical supplies required for use by the public health services as the Ministry of Health, Social Development, Gender, Elderly and Children may from time to time approve.
The Tanzanian Championship is the second tier of league football in Tanzania. The league is made up of sixteen teams that play thirty rounds, home and away.The league was formed in 1930.
The Tanzam Highway leads from Lusaka in Zambia to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The highway was built from 1968 to 1973 in several stages and was intended to provide seaport access for Zambia and to expand the transport options for Zambia, Malawi and the then Zaire.
Edgar Aristide Maranta, OFMCap, commonly known as Edgar Maranta was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who spent most of his career in Dar es Salaam, 23 years as apostolic delegate from 1930 to 1953 and 15 years as archbishop.
Wolfgang Pisa is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic church. A bishop of Lindi since 2022. Currently he is President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) following the election on 22 June 2024.
Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa is a Tanzanian Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iringa. He was appointed Bishop of Iringa on 21 November 1992 by Pope John Paul II. Before that, he served as Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga, Tanzania from 14 November 1988 until 21 November 1992. The Holy Father appointed him bishop on 14 November 1988.