Anthony Petro Mayalla
Anthony Petro Mayalla (April 23, 1940 – August 19, 2009) was a Tanzanian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza from his installation of February 28, 1988,[1] until his death in 2009. Mayalla was also the founder of the Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) and the Weil Bugando Medical Centre (WBMC).[1]
Early life
Anthony Petro Mayalla was born in the Nyamhungu village(Nera), Ng'wabagole Parish of Kwimba District, Tanganyika (present-day Tanzania) on April 23, 1940.[1] He attended primary and secondary school in Kwimba District.[1] Mayalla enrolled in Loyola University Chicago from 1973 until 1975, where he received a degree in education.[1]
Career
Mayalla was ordained a Catholic priest on December 20, 1970, at the at Ibindo Parish in the Mwanza Diocese.[1] He was elevated to the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Musoma on February 22, 1979.[1]
He served as the head of the President of the TEC Council (Tanzania Episcopal Conference) beginning on June 1983 while he was Bishop of Mwanza, despite being a Roman Catholic bishop.[1]
Miyalla was formally installed as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza on February 28, 1988.[1] He remained the Archbishop until his death in 2009.
Death
Anthony Petro Mayalla fell ill at approximately 10:00 A.M. on August 19, 2009, when he fell ill and was rushed to the hospital.[1] Mayalla died of a heart attack at the Weil Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza City, Tanzania, at approximately 2:30 P.M. on August 19, 2009.[1] He was 69 years old.