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- See also
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{{Expand Italian|Diocesi di Mbeya|date=February 2011}}{{Infobox diocese |jurisdiction = Archdiocese |name = Mbeya |latin = Archdioecesis Mbeyaënsis |country = Tanzania |metropolitan = Archdiocese of Mbeya |rite = Latin Rite |area_km2 = 60,348 |population = 2,783,000 |population_as_of = 2018 |catholics = 548,000 |catholics_percent= 19.7 |pope = {{Incumbent pope}} |bishop = Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga }}The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbeya ({{lang-la|Archedioecesis Mbeyaënsis}}) is a archdiocese located in Mbeya in Tanzania. History- July 18, 1932: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Tukuyu from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika
- March 29, 1938: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Tukuyu
- July 14, 1949: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mbeya
- March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Mbeya (in the Ecclesiastical province of Songea)
- December 21, 2018: Promoted as Archdiocese of Mbeya
Leadership- Archbishops of Mbeya
- Archbishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (since 2018.12.21)
- Bishops of Mbeya (Roman rite)
- Bishop Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C. (1996.11.08 - 2018.11.21)
- Bishop James Dominic Sangu (1966.05.03 – 1996.11.28)
- Bishop Anthony van Oorschoot, M. Afr. (1953.03.25 – 1964.12.10)
- Vicars Apostolic of Mbeya (Roman rite)
- Bishop Anthony van Oorschoot, M. Afr. (1949.07.14 – 1953.03.25)
- Prefects Apostolic of Tukuyu (Roman rite)
- Bishop Anthony van Oorschoot, M. Afr. (1947 – 1949.07.14)
- Fr. Ludovico Haag, M. Afr. (1938.04.08 – 1947)
- Ecclesiastical Superiors of Tukuyu (Roman rite)
- Fr. Max Theodor Franz Donders, M. Afr. (1932.11.11 – 1938)
Suffragan Dioceses - Diocese of Iringa
- Diocese of Sumbawanga
See also- Roman Catholicism in Tanzania
Sources- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
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