Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar

Diocese of Zanzibar
Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
Location
Country Tanzania
Metropolitan Dar-es-Salaam
Statistics
Area 2,332 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
990,900
9,900 (1.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin: Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania, covering that federation's insular Indian Ocean component.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Joseph’s Cathedral located in and on Zanzibar.

St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Zanzibar

History

Ordinaries

(all Roman rite, initially missionary members of Latin congregations)

Apostolic Prefects of Zanguebar
Apostolic Vicars of Zanguebar
Apostolic Vicars of Northern Zanguebar
Apostolic Vicars of Zanzibar
(suppressed 1953 - 1964)
Apostolic Administrators of Zanzibar and Pemba
Suffragan Bishops of Zanzibar

See also

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Zanzibar.

Source and External links

Coordinates: 6°09′46″S 39°11′20″E / 6.1628°S 39.1888°E / -6.1628; 39.1888


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