Jump to content

Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar: Difference between revisions

Coordinates: 6°09′46″S 39°11′20″E / 6.1628°S 39.1888°E / -6.1628; 39.1888
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Monkbot (talk | contribs)
Bots
3,694,069 edits
m Task 20: replace {lang-??} templates with {langx|??} ‹See Tfd› (Replaced 1);
 
(25 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Latin Catholic territory in Tanzania}}
{{Expand Italian|Diocesi di Zanzibar|date=February 2011}}
{{Expand Italian|Diocesi di Zanzibar|date=February 2011}}
{{Infobox diocese
{{Infobox diocese
Line 5: Line 6:
|latin = Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
|latin = Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
|country = Tanzania
|country = Tanzania
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam|Dar-es-Salaam]]
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam|Dar-es-Salaam]]
|rite = [[Latin Rite]]
|sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]
|area_km2 = 2,332
|area_km2 = 2,332
|population = 990,900
|population = 990,900
Line 16: Line 18:
}}
}}


The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar''' ({{lang-la|Dioecesis Zanzibarensis}}) is a [[suffragan]] Latin [[diocese]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of the Metropoltan of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam|Dar-es-Salaam]] in [[Tanzania]], covering that federation's insular [[Indian Ocean]] component.
The '''Diocese of Zanzibar''' ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Zanzibarensis}}) is a [[Latin Church]] ecclesiastical jurisdiction or [[diocese]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. It is a [[suffragan]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of the [[metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam|Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam]].


Its [[cathedral]] episcopal see is St. Joseph’s Cathedral located in and on [[Zanzibar]].
The diocese’s [[cathedral]] is [[St. Joseph's Cathedral, Zanzibar|St. Joseph's Cathedral]] located in the [[episcopal see]] of [[Zanzibar]].
⚫
[[File:Zanzibar_Stone_Town10.jpg|thumb|St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Zanzibar]]


== History ==
== History ==
⚫
[[File:Stone Town, St. Joseph Cathedral.jpg|thumb|St. Joseph's Cathedral in Zanzibar]]
* Established 1860 as '''[[Apostolic Prefecture]] of Zanguebar''', on vast [[East Africa]]n territory split off from the [[Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion]] in [[Réunion]]
* Established 1860 as '''[[Apostolic Prefecture]] of Zanguebar''', on vast [[East Africa]]n territory split off from the [[Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion]] in [[Réunion]]
* 1883: Promoted as [[Apostolic Vicariate]] of Zanguebar
* 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]]
* November 16, 1887: Renamed as '''Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar''', having lost territory to establish the [[Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Zanguebar]]
* Lost territory 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]]
* 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]]
* 1906: Renamed as '''Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar'''
* Renamed in 1906 as '''Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar'''
*'' Suppressed on 1953.03.25, its territory being used to establish Metropolitan [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi|Archdiocese of Nairobi]]
*'' Suppressed on 1953.03.25, its territory being used to establish the Metropolitan [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi|Archdiocese of Nairobi]]''
* Restored but demoted on December 12, 1964 and renamed as '''[[Apostolic Administration]] of Zanzibar and Pemba'''
* 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'''
* Promoted on 1980.03.28 as '''Diocese of Zanzibar'''


== Ordinaries ==
== Ordinaries ==
⚫
;Apostolic Prefects of Zanguebar
''(all [[Roman rite]], initially missionary members of Latin congregations)
⚫
* [[Armand-René Maupoint]] (1862 – 1871.07.10), while Bishop of mother diocese [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion|(Saint-Denis-de-) La Réunion]] (Réunion) ([1857.02.14] 1857.03.19 – 1871.07.10)
⚫
* [[Antoine Hormer]], [[Holy Ghost Fathers|C.S.Sp.]] (1868 – 1877)
⚫
* [[Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont]], C.S.Sp. (1883.10.27 – 1883.11.23)


;''Apostolic Prefects of Zanguebar
;Apostolic Vicars of Zanguebar
⚫
* [[Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont]], C.S.Sp. (1883.11.23 – 1887), [[Titular Bishop]] of Bodona (1883.11.23 – 1925.02.20)
⚫
* Armand-René Maupoint (1862 – 1871.07.10), while Bishop of mother diocese [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion|(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'')


;''Apostolic Vicars of Zanguebar
;Apostolic Vicars of Northern Zanguebar
* 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. (1887 – 1896.11.27)
⚫
* [[Emile-Auguste Allgeyer]], C.S.Sp. (1897.02.17 – 1906.12.21), Titular Bishop of [[Ticelia]] (1897.02.17 – 1924.04.09)


;''Apostolic Vicars of Northern Zanguebar
;Apostolic Vicars of Zanzibar
* Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (''see above'' 1887 – 1896.11.27)
* [[Emile-Auguste Allgeyer]], C.S.Sp. (1906.12.21 – 1913.04.03)
* Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (1897.02.17 – 1906.12.21 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of [[Ticelia]] (1897.02.17 – 1924.04.09)
* [[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 William 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 [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi|Nairobi]] (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1971.10.24), President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1969 – 1970)


;Suppressed (1953 - 1964)
⚫
;''Apostolic Vicars of Zanzibar
* 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 Administrators of Zanzibar and Pemba
⚫
*''[Apostolic Administrator^]] the same John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. (1930.03.08 – 1943.02.27)
⚫
* [[Edgar Aristide Maranta]], [[Capuchin Franciscans|O.F.M. Cap.]] (1964.12.12 – 1966), Titular Bishop of [[Vinda (see)|Vinda]] (1930.03.27 – 1953.03.25), while Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam|Dar-es-Salaam]] (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19)
⚫
* 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 [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi|Nairobi]] (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1971.10.24), President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1969 – 1970)

:''(suppressed 1953 - 1964)

⚫
;''Apostolic Administrators of Zanzibar and Pemba
⚫
* [[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 [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam|Dar-es-Salaam]] (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19)
* [[Joseph Sipendi]] (1966 – 1968), later Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi|Moshi]](Tanzania) (1968.01.11 – 1985.04.29)
* [[Joseph Sipendi]] (1966 – 1968), later Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi|Moshi]](Tanzania) (1968.01.11 – 1985.04.29)
* [[Adriani Mkoba]] (1968.07.16 – 1973.01.26), while Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro|Morogoro]] (Tanzania) (1966.12.15 – 1992.11.06)
* [[Adriani Mkoba]] (1968.07.16 – 1973.01.26), while Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro|Morogoro]] (Tanzania) (1966.12.15 – 1992.11.06)
* Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1973 – 1980.03.28 ''see below'')
* Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1973 – 1980.03.28)


;''Suffragan Bishops of Zanzibar
;Suffragan Bishops of Zanzibar
* [[Bernard Martin Ngaviliau]], C.S.Sp. (''see above'' 1980.03.28 – 1996.11.30)
* [[Bernard Ngaviliau]], C.S.Sp. (1980.03.28 – 1996.11.30)
* Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. (1996.11.30 - ...)
* [[Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao]], C.S.Sp. (1996.11.30 - ...)


== See also==
== See also==
Line 76: Line 75:


{{coord|6.1628|S|39.1888|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:TZ|display=title}}
{{coord|6.1628|S|39.1888|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:TZ|display=title}}


{{authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Zanzibar, Roman Catholic Diocese}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zanzibar, Roman Catholic Diocese}}
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Tanzania|Zanzibar]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Tanzania]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1860]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1860]]
[[Category:Religion in Zanzibar]]
[[Category:Religion in Zanzibar]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century|Zanzibar]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Dar-es-Salaam|Zanzibar, Roman Catholic Diocese of]]
[[Category:Dioceses of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Dar-es-Salaam|Zanzibar, Roman Catholic Diocese of]]
[[Category:1860 establishments in Zanzibar]]
[[Category:1860 establishments in Zanzibar]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Zanzibar| ]]



{{Africa-RC-diocese-stub}}
{{Africa-RC-diocese-stub}}

Latest revision as of 15:20, 31 October 2024

Diocese of Zanzibar

Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
Location
CountryTanzania
Ecclesiastical provinceDar-es-Salaam
Statistics
Area2,332 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
990,900
9,900 (1.0%)
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAugustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.

The Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin: Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.

The diocese’s cathedral is St. Joseph's Cathedral located in the episcopal see of Zanzibar.

History

[edit]
St. Joseph's Cathedral in Zanzibar

Ordinaries

[edit]
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

[edit]
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Zanzibar.
[edit]

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


Stub icon

This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Zanzibar&oldid=1254552211"