• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Njombe
  • The Roman Catholic Diocese of Njombe (Latin: Dioecesis Niombena) is a diocese located in Njombe in the ecclesiastical province of Songea in Tanzania.


    History


    February 16, 1968: Established as Diocese of Njombe from the Diocese of Iringa and Territorial Abbacy of Peramiho


    Leadership


    Ordinaries
    Raymond Mwanyika (16 January 1971 – 8 June 2002)
    Alfred Leonhard Maluma (8 June 2002 – 6 April 2021)
    Eusebio Samwel Kyando (19 October 2023 – present)
    Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
    Castor Paul Msemwa, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi in 2004
    Norbert Wendelin Mtega, appointed Bishop of Iringa in 1985


    See also


    Roman Catholicism in Tanzania


    Sources


    GCatholic.org
    Catholic Hierarchy

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