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Diocese of Kahama

Dioecesis Kahamaensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 11 November 1983
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tabora
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Square Kilometers: 19,946 (7,704 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 400, Kahama, Tanzania
  • Telephone: (028)27.10.177

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
11 November 1983ErectedArchdiocese of Tabora (Kahama) Diocese of Kahama (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199062,958510,75212.3%163193,3133197ap1991
199992,571793,98911.7%176234,0246267ap2000
200090,422952,3489.5%146204,5216207ap2001
2001105,9481,043,07910.2%157224,8157237ap2002
2002119,767968,28612.4%198274,4358227ap2003
2003110,7051,088,87510.2%179264,25792410ap2004
2004112,5791,139,9339.9%1614303,75214219ap2005
2006255,3701,225,20820.8%1617337,738172517ap2007
2011338,5811,383,00024.5%2121428,061213818ap2012
2013387,1171,468,00026.4%21133411,385144321ap2014
2016597,8912,987,76720.0%1992821,353105722ap2017
2019640,2703,188,70020.1%23163916,417197031ap2020
2021680,5803,389,46020.1%27134017,014167031ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 76, Page 255

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