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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza (Latin: Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis) 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 (Roman rite)
Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. (1894.07.13 - 1912.12.12), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kivu
Bishop Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1912.12.12 - 1928.11.12)
Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr. (1929.03.18 – 1950)
Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. (1950.06.25 – 1953.03.25 see below)
Bishops of Mwanza (Roman rite)
Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1965.10.15)
Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1966.01.15 – 1987.11.18)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Mwanza (Roman rite)
Archbishop Anthony Mayala (1987.11.18 - 2009.08.20)
Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M.Cap. (2010.11.10 - 2018.06.21), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande (2019.02.11 - )
= Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
=Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1910-1912)
= Auxiliary Bishop
=Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1959-1965), 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
Suffragan dioceses
Bukoba
Bunda
Geita
Kayanga
Musoma
Rulenge-Ngara
Shinyanga
See also
Roman Catholicism in Tanzania
Sources
GCatholic.org