Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arusha, Tanzania 🇹🇿

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Arusha / Arushaën(sis) (Latin)

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kondoa (↙), Mbulu (←), Bariadi (←), Musoma (↖), Ngong (↑), Moshi (→), Same (→), Tanga (↘), Morogoro (↓), Dodoma (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1963.03.01: Established as Diocese of Arusha / Arushaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Moshi and became suffragan of Dar-es-Salaam)
1999.03.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arusha / Arushaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Mbulu, Moshi and Same)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2017.12.27 – ...):

Archbishop Isaac Amani Massawe (74)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Arusha (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Isaac Amani Massawe (74)
(2017.12.27 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha (Tanzania)

Kuwajibikana Kushirikiana Katika Kristo

Born:	1951.06.10 (Mango, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.02.22

Priest of Moshi (Tanzania) (1975.06.29 – 2007.11.21)

Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (2007.11.21 – 2017.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha (Tanzania) (2017.12.27 – ...)

Archbishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu (83)
(1999.03.16 – 2017.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Arusha (Tanzania)

Born:	1942.06.13 (Kisangara, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.24

Priest of Same (Tanzania) (1968.12.11 – 1979.02.12)

Bishop of Same (Tanzania) (1979.02.12 – 1998.11.28)

President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (1988 – 1994)

President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (1997 – 2008.07)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Arusha (Tanzania) (1997.07.30 – 1998.07.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Arusha (Tanzania) (1998.07.20 – 1998.11.28)

Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania) (1998.11.28 – 1999.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha (Tanzania) (1999.03.16 – 2017.12.27)

Bishops of Arusha (Roman Rite)

Bishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu (83) (later Archbishop)
(1998.11.28 – 1999.03.16)

(see above)

Bishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu (83) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1998.07.20 – 1998.11.28)

Bishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu (83) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1997.07.30 – 1998.07.20)

Bishop Fortunatus M. Lukanima
(1989.03.06 – 1998.07.20)

Born:	1940.12.08 (Irondo, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.08.13
Died:	2014.03.12 (Mwanza, Tanzania † 73)

Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania) (1989.03.06 – 1998.07.20)

Bishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp.
(1963.03.01 – 1989.03.06)

Born:	1923.05.18 (Germantown, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.05.28
Died:	2002.02.21 (Kilimanjaro, Tanzania † 78)

Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania) (1963.03.01 – 1989.03.06)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Prosper Balthazar Lyimo (61) (2014.11.11 – 2026.01.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Theresa’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Arusha, Arusha

Kondoa (↙), Mbulu (←), Bariadi (←), Musoma (↖), Ngong (↑), Moshi (→), Same (→), Tanga (↘), Morogoro (↓), Dodoma (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 67,340 km²

Population: 624,206 Catholics (19.4% of 3,223,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes, 129 missions

Personnel: 132 priests (56 diocesan, 76 religious), 194 religious (165 brothers, 29 sisters), 44 seminarians