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Diocese of Lindi, Tanzania 🇹🇿

Celebrations

History

  • 1986.10.17: Established as Diocese of Lindi / Lindien(sis) (from the suppressed Diocese of Nachingwea and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
  • 1987.11.18: Became suffragan of Songea

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lindi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap. (59)Bishop Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap. (59)
(2022.04.09 – ...)

Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania)
President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference

Sitio / I thirst

Bishop Bruno Pius Ngonyani (79)Bishop Bruno Pius Ngonyani (79)
(1990.10.06 – 2022.04.09)

Bishop emeritus of Lindi (Tanzania)

Born:1945.08.08 (Magaura, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1974.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1991.01.06

Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania) (1990.10.06 – 2022.04.09)

Bishop Maurus Libaba
(1986.10.17 – 1988.03.03)

Born:1928.02.03 (Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1962.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1973.03.19
Died:1988.03.03 († 60)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania) (1972.12.18 – 1986.10.17)

Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania) (1986.10.17 – 1988.03.03)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 67,000 km²

Population: 147,580 Catholics (16.6% of 887,390 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 33 priests (diocesan), 80 religious (1 brother, 79 sisters), 20 seminarians