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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea (Latin: Archidioecesis Songeana) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Songea in Tanzania.
History
12 November 1913: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lindi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam
15 December 1927: Promoted as Diocese of Lindi
23 December 1931: Demoted as Territorial Abbacy of Peramiho
6 February 1969: Promoted as Diocese of Songea
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is at the St. Mathias Mulumba Kalemba Metropolitan Cathedral in Songea.
Bishops
= Ordinaries
=Prefects Apostolic of Lindi (Latin Church)
Willibrord Lay (1913–1922)
Territorial Abbots of Peramiho (Roman rite)
Gallus Steiger (22 February 1922 – 6 December 1952)
Eberhard Spiess (9 September 1953 – 6 February 1969)
Emmanuel Mapunda (8 August 1965 – 6 February 1986)
Bishop of Songea (Latin Church)
James Joseph Komba (6 February 1969 – 18 November 1987)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Songea (Latin Church)
James Joseph Komba (18 November 1987 – 1 February 1992)
Norbert Wendelin Mtega (6 July 1992 – 15 May 2013)
Damian Denis Dallu (14 March 2014 –)
= Auxiliary bishop
=James Joseph Komba (1961–1969), appointed Bishop here
= Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
=Emmanuel A. Mapunda, appointed Bishop of Mbinga in 1986
Suffragan dioceses
Lindi
Mbinga
Mtwara
Njombe
Tunduru–Masasi
See also
Roman Catholicism in Tanzania
Sources
GCatholic.org
Archdiocese of Songea website Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
Catholic Hierarchy