Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
History
- 1880: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan
- 1883: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza
- April 10, 1929: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mwanza
- March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Mwanza
- November 18, 1987: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mwanza
- November 27, 2010: Territory lost to Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunda
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany in Mwanza.Bishops
- Vicars Apostolic of Mwanza
- * Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr., appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kivu
- * Bishop Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr.
- * Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr.
- * Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr.
- Bishops of Mwanza
- * Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr.
- * Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Mwanza
- * Archbishop Anthony Mayala
- * Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M.Cap., appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
- * Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
- Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr.
Auxiliary Bishop
- Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage, appointed Bishop here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila, appointed Bishop of Musoma in 2007
- Renatus Leonard Nkwande, appointed Bishop of Bunda in 2010; later returned here as Archbishop