Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro

Roman Catholic diocese in Tanzania, Africa

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Diocese of Morogoro Dioecesis Morogoroënsis

Location
Country	Tanzania
Metropolitan	Dar-es-Salaam
Statistics
Area	43,380 km² (16,750 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,313,131 534,443 (40.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	St Patrick Cathedral
Patron saint	Saint Patrick
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe
Bishops emeritus	Telesphore Mkude

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro (Latin: Dioecesis Morogoroënsis) is a diocese located in the city of Morogoro in the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.

History

May 11, 1906: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar from the Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
December 21, 1906: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo
March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Morogoro

Leadership

Vicars Apostolic of Bagamoyo (Roman rite)
- Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. (1906.07.25 – 1923.05.19), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
- Bishop Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp. (1924.01.09 – 1933.05.23), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
- Bishop Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. (1934.02.26 – 1953.03.25 see below)
Bishops of Morogoro (Roman rite)
- Bishop Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1954.08.11)
- Bishop Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. (1954.07.18 – 1966.12.15)
- Bishop Adriani Mkoba (1966.12.15 – 1992.11.06)
- Bishop Telesphore Mkude (1993.04.05 – 2020.12.30)
- Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe S.D.S. (2019.02.13 – 2021.05.31) Apostolic administrator sede plena^[1]
- Bishop Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe S.D.S (2021.05.31 - present) ^[2]