Titular Episcopal See of

Nachingwea

Tanzania Tanzania

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See Episcopal See

Name: Nachingwea / Nachingveaën(sis) (Latin)

Location: m. Songea, Tanzania

History

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2022.07.16 – ...):Bishop Masilo John Selemela (54)Bishop Masilo John Selemela (54)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pretoria (South Africa)

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Nachingwea (Roman Rite)

Bishop Polycarp Pengo (later Cardinal)
(1983.11.11 – 1986.10.17)

Ecce ego Domine

Born:1944.08.05 (Mwazye, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:1971.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:1984.01.06
Created Cardinal:1998.02.21
Died:2026.02.19 (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania † 81)

Priest of Sumbawanga (Tanzania) (1971.06.20 – 1983.11.11)

Bishop of Nachingwea (Tanzania) (1983.11.11 – 1986.10.17)

Bishop of Tunduru–Masasi (Tanzania) (1986.10.17 – 1990.01.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1990.01.22 – 1992.07.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1992.07.22 – 2019.08.15)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1998.02.21 [1998.04.26] – 2026.02.19)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (2007.06 – 2013.09)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2012.06.23 – 2014.02.24)

Bishop Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S.
(1963.08.05 – 1983.11.11)

Born:1921.06.15 (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1949.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1963.10.20
Died:1998.05.21 (Milwaukee, WI, USA † 76)

Bishop of Nachingwea (Tanzania) (1963.08.05 – 1983.11.11)

Former Titular Bishops

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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