The Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika was a Catholic apostolic vicariate (missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the White Fathers missionary order at...
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Vicariate Apostolic of the Congo, the administrative region covering Catholic mission activity in the Congo area of Central Africa, was by the end of...
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the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika in Tanzania February 12, 1897: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa July 12, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate...
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the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa was separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika, covering what is now Malawi and the north and east of Zambia...
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establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika and again in October 27, 1880 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza (now the Archdiocese of Kampala)...
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the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika March 29, 1938: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Tukuyu July 14, 1949: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mbeya...
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from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika in Tanzania 26 December 1929: Some territory was lost to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu 11 July 1939:...
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This district was originally included in the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika. In 1879, R.P. Ganachan of the White Fathers penetrated this previously...
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as the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan May 10, 1946: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Karema...
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as the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan 10 May 1946: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kigoma...
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Mission "sui iuris" of Lwangwa from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo On July 1, 1937 it was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lwangwa (still exempt...
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Jan Cornelius van Sambeek (category Tanganyika (territory) people)
Anton Oomen. On 10 May 1946 the Apostolic Vicariate of Kigoma was formed from part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika. Van Sambeek kept the less-developed...
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city of Dodoma. January 28, 1935: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dodoma from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo, Apostolic Prefecture of Iringa...
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1887: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Unianyembé from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika May 31, 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Tabora March 25, 1953:...
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the apostolic vicariates of Tabora, Nyassa, Bangwelo and Tanganyika. When the seminary at Rubya was closed in 1929 the seminarians from the Apostolic Vicariate...
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Adolphe Lechaptois, French clergy, member of the White Fathers order and vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) from 1891 to 1917 (b...
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Adolphe Lechaptois (category Roman Catholic bishops of Sumbawanga)
members of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa to work in the region. The Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa was separated from Tanganyika on 12 February...
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Laurent-François Déprimoz (category Roman Catholic bishops of Kabgayi)
Lake Tanganyika, in the healthier mountains of Burundi. On 12 December 1912 the missions of Burundi were detached from the Apostolic Vicariate of Unyanyembe...
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Joseph-Marie Birraux (category Roman Catholic bishops of Sumbawanga)
bishop who was Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika and later became Superior General of the White Fathers, or Society of Missionaries of Africa. Joseph-Marie...
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1946 the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanzania was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Karema, and on 25 March 1953 was promoted to become the Diocese of Karema...
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Leopold II of Belgium Administrator-General, then Governor-General – Camille Janssen Congo Free State History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Laurean Rugambwa (category University of Notre Dame people)
as co-consecrators. When his apostolic vicariate was elevated to a diocese on March 25, 1953, Rugambwa was named Bishop of Rutabo by Pope Pius XII. He...
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Joseph Sweens (category Tanganyika (territory) people)
bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of South Nyanza in German East Africa, later in the British-administered Tanganyika Territory, now Tanzania. Sweens...
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Antonin Guillermain (category Roman Catholic bishops of Kampala)
17 July 1888 destined for Zanzibar, with Léonce Bridoux, Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, and five other missionaries. He was to remain in Zanzibar, replacing...
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Ndanda Abbey (category African Monasteries of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien)
East Africa. With the expansion of the indigenous Christian population, the territory was raised to an apostolic vicariate in 1902. However, the 1905 Maji...
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Zanzibar (redirect from Committee of Six)
with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 mi) off the coast of the African...
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Mathurin Guillemé (category Apostolic vicars)
Congo became an apostolic vicariate, led by Father Roelins. In December 1895 Roelins gave Guillemé responsibility for the vicariate while he visited...
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which had been under the Apostolic Vicariate of Unyanyembe, were joined with those of Rwanda to form the Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu. On 12 December 1912...
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as Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Kagera from the Diocese of Bukoba 25 March 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Rutabo 21 June 1960: Renamed as Diocese of Bukoba...
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Burkard Huwiler (category Apostolic vicars)
head the newly created Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba (now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara) and titular bishop of Vazaritanus. He was consecrated...
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