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Archdiocese of Dodoma Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis
St. Paul of the Cross Cathedral
Location
Country	Tanzania
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Dodoma
Statistics
Area	41,311 km2 (15,950 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,831,000 381,479 (20.8%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Saint Paul of the Cross Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Beatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma ( Latin: Archidioecesis Dodomaënsis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania located in the city of Dodoma.

History

• January 28, 1935: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa and Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro
• May 10, 1951: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma
• March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Dodoma
• November 6, 2014: Promoted as Archdiocese of Dodoma

Special churches

The cathedral church is St. Paul of the Cross in Dodoma.

Bishops

• Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, CP (1937.06.16 – 1941)
• Vicar Apostolic of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, CP (1951.05.10 – 1953.03.25 see below)
• Bishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, CP (see above 1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20)
  • Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja (1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15)
  • Bishop Juda Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi, OFMCap (2005.01.15 - 2010.11.10), appointed Archbishop of Mwanza
  • Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (2011.03.19 - 2014.02.17), appointed Bishop of Mpanda
• Archbishops of Dodoma (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Beatus Kinyaiya, OFMCap (2014.11.06 -)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa, appointed Bishop of Kondoa in 2011

Suffragan Dioceses

• Diocese of Kondoa
• Diocese of Singida

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

References

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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