Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam (Latin: Archidioecesis Daressalaamensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania.

St Joseph's Cathedral

The archdiocese's motherchurch and seat of its archbishop is St. Joseph's Cathedral. The current Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam is Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on July 22, 1992.

History

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following suffragan bishoprics:

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite, mostly missionary members of Latin congregations)

Apostolic Prefects of Southern Zanguebar
Apostolic Vicar of Southern Zanguebar
Apostolic Vicars of Dar-es-Salaam
Metropolitan Archbishops of Dar-es-Salaam

See also

Sources and External links

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam.

Coordinates: 6°48′00″S 39°17′00″E / 6.8000°S 39.2833°E / -6.8000; 39.2833

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