Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar
The Diocese of Zanzibar is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.
The diocese’s cathedral is St. Joseph's Cathedral located in the episcopal see of Zanzibar.
History
- Established 1860 as Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar, on vast East African territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion in Réunion
- 1883: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar, hence entitled to a titular bishop
- November 16, 1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Zanguebar
- Lost territories repeatedly : in 1904 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir, on 1905.09.14 to establish the Mission sui juris of Kenya and on 1906.05.11 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar
- Renamed in 1906 as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
- Suppressed on 1953.03.25, its territory being used to establish the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi
- Restored but demoted on December 12, 1964 and renamed as Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba
- Promoted on 1980.03.28 as '''Diocese of Zanzibar'''
Ordinaries
;Apostolic Prefects of Zanguebar- Armand-René Maupoint, while Bishop of mother diocese (Saint-Denis-de-) La Réunion
- Antoine Hormer, C.S.Sp.
- Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp.
- Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Bodona
- Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp.
- Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Ticelia
- Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp.
- John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Carrhae
- *Apostolic Administrator the same John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp.
- John William Heffernan, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Uzippari
- John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Cercina, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi, President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
;Apostolic Administrators of Zanzibar and Pemba
- Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Vinda, while Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
- Joseph Sipendi, later Bishop of Moshi
- Adriani Mkoba, while Bishop of Morogoro
- Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp.
- Bernard Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp.
- Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.