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Diocese of Mtwara, Tanzania 🇹🇿

1931.12.22: Established as Territorial Abbacy of Ndanda / Ndandæn(sis) (Latin) (from Territorial Abbacy of Lindi)
1963.08.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nachingwea
1972.12.18: Promoted as Diocese of Mtwara / Mtuaran(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
1987.11.18: Became suffragan of Songea

Bishops of Mtwara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Titus Joseph Mdoe (63)
(2015.10.15 – ...)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania)

Priest of Tanga (Tanzania) (1986.06.24 – 2013.02.16)

Titular Bishop of Bahanna (2013.02.16 – 2015.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (2013.02.16 – 2015.10.15)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania) (2015.10.15 – ...)

Bishop Gabriel Mmole
(1988.03.12 – 2015.10.15)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania) (1988.03.12 – 2015.10.15)

Bishop Maurus Libaba
(1972.12.18 – 1986.10.17)

Bishop of Mtwara (Tanzania) (1972.12.18 – 1986.10.17)

Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania) (1986.10.17 – 1988.03.03)

Abbot Ordinaries of Ndanda (Roman Rite)

Coadjutor Abbot of Ndanda (Tanzania) (1949.01.13 – 1949.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Baia (1949.01.13 – 1975.11.29)

Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania) (1949.12.15 – 1972.12.18)

Bishop Joachim Ammann, O.S.B.
(1932.05.29 – 1948.12.15)

Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania) (1932.05.29 – 1948.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Petnelissus (1933.12.11 – 1981.08.19)

Area: 7,780 km²

Population: 104,200 Catholics (10.5% of 991,011 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 116 missions

Personnel: 50 priests (21 diocesan, 29 religious), 342 religious (83 brothers, 259 sisters), 16 seminarians