Diocese of Rulenge–Ngara
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rulenge–Ngara is a diocese located in Rulenge in the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
History
- April 8, 1929: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Bubuka from the Diocese of Tabora and Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda in Uganda
- 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Bukoba
- June 21, 1960: Renamed as Diocese of Rulenge
- August 14, 2008: Renamed as Diocese of Rulenge–Ngara
Bishops
- Vicars Apostolic of Bukoba
- * Bishop Burkard Huwiler, M. Afr.
- * Bishop Lorenzo Tétrault, M. Afr.
- * Bishop Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr.
- Bishops of Bukoba
- * Bishop Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr.
- Bishops of Rulenge
- * Bishop Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr.
- * Bishop Christopher Mwoleka
- * Bishop Severine Niwemugizi
- Bishops of Rulenge–Ngara
- * Bishop Severine Niwemugizi
Auxiliary Bishop
- Christopher Mwoleka, appointed Bishop here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B., appointed auxiliary bishop of Bukoba in 1961
- Protase Rugambwa, appointed Bishop of Kigoma in 2008, Archbishop in 2012, Cardinal and Archbishop of Tabora in 2023