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Archdiocese of Dodoma, Tanzania 🇹🇿

Celebrations

History

  • 1935.01.28: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Vicariate of Kilima-Njaro and Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa)
  • 1943.04.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Mbulu
  • 1951.05.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin)
  • 1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
  • 1972.03.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Singida
  • 2011.03.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kondoa
  • 2014.11.06: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dodoma / Dodomaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Kondoa and Singida)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 38,743 km²

Population: 477,920 Catholics (23.8% of 2,004,380 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes

Personnel: 140 priests (54 diocesan, 86 religious), 740 religious (150 brothers, 590 sisters), 49 seminarians