Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar

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

Established 1860 as Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar, on vast East African territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion in Réunion
1883: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar, hence entitled to a titular bishop
November 16, 1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Zanguebar
Lost territories repeatedly : in 1904 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir, on 1905.09.14 to establish the Mission sui juris of Kenya and on 1906.05.11 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar
Renamed in 1906 as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
Suppressed on 1953.03.25, its territory being used to establish the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi
Restored but demoted on December 12, 1964 and renamed as Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba
Promoted on March 28, 1980 as Diocese of Zanzibar

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

Armand-René Maupoint (1862 – 1871.07.10), while Bishop of mother diocese (Saint-Denis-de-)La Réunion (Réunion) ([1857.02.14] 1857.03.19 – 1871.07.10)
Homer, Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.) (1872 – 1882)
Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (1883.10.27 – 1883.11.23 see below)

Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (see above 1883.11.23 – 1887 see below), Titular Bishop of Bodona (1883.11.23 – 1925.02.20)

Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (see above 1887 – 1896.11.27)
Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (1897.02.17 – 1906.12.21 see below), Titular Bishop of Ticelia (1897.02.17 – 1924.04.09)

Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (see above 1906.12.21 – 1913.04.03)
John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. (1913.09.01 – 1930.03.08), Titular Bishop of Carrhæ (1913.09.01 – 1943.02.27)
Apostolic Administrator^ the same John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. (1930.03.08 – 1943.02.27)
John Heffernan, C.S.Sp. (1932.03.15 – 1946), Titular Bishop of Uzippari (1932.03.15 – 1966.03.20)
John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. (1946.07.11 – 1953.03.25), Titular Bishop of Cercina (1946.07.11 – 1953.03.25), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1971.10.24), President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1969 – 1970)

(suppressed 1953 - 1964)

Edgard Aristide Maranta, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1964.12.12 – 1966), Titular Bishop of Vinda (1930.03.27 – 1953.03.25), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19)
Joseph Sipendi (1966 – 1968), later Bishop of Moshi(Tanzania) (1968.01.11 – 1985.04.29)
Adriani Mkoba (1968.07.16 – 1973.01.26), while Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania) (1966.12.15 – 1992.11.06)
Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1973 – 1980.03.28 see below)

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