Roman Catholic Diocese of Njombe

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Njombe (Latin: Dioecesis Niombenus) 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

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• Bishops of Njombe (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Raymond Mwanyika (16 January 1971 – 8 June 2002)
  • Bishop Alfred Leonhard Maluma (8 June 2002 – 6 April 2021)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• Castor Paul Msemwa, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi in 2004
• , appointed Bishop of Iringa in 1985

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

Sources[]

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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