Apostolic Vicariate of Unyanyembe
Apostolic Vicariate of Unyanyembe Vicariatus Apostolicus Unianyembensis Apostolic Vicariate ya Unianyembé | ||
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| Location | ||
| Country | Coordinates 5°01′S 32°48′E / 5.017°S 32.800°E | |
| Information | ||
| First holder | Bishop François Gerboin | |
| Formation | 28 January 1887 | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church | |
| Rite | Roman Rite | |
| Established | 11 January 1887 | |
| Dissolved | 31 May 1925 | |
| Cathedral | St. Theresa’s Metropolitan Cathedral | |
| Language | Kiswahili | |
  Apostolic Vicariate of Unyanyembe (Tanzania) | ||
The Vicariate Apostolic of Unyanyembe (
Archdiocese of Tabora
in 1953.
Creation and boundaries
It was separated from the
Vicariate Apostolic of Nyanza by a Decree of Propaganda on December 30, 1886. Its limits, as fixed on December 10, 1895, were:[1][2]
- North - the Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Nyanza
- East - a line drawn from Lake Manjara (36°E.) along the mountain ridges to the North West of Ugago
- South - the northern limits of Ujanzi, Ugunda, Ugetta, Uvenza, and Ujiji
- West - Ruanda.
History
This district was originally included in the
Protestant, was so impressed by the good work of the Catholic missionaries that he presented his estate at Tabora to the vicar Apostolic to found a school and hospital. The first vicar Apostolic, Mgr François Gerboin, of the White Fathers, born in 1847 and consecrated titular Bishop of Turbubto in 1897, resided at Ushirombo.[3]
Mission statistics in 1905
- 33 priests
- 7 lay brothers
- 6 nuns
- 72 catechists
- 26 schools with 966 pupils
- 11 hospitals
- 5 leperhouses
- 17 orphanages with 325 children rescued from slavery
- 3,000,000 infidels
- 678 Catholics
- 2889 catechumens.
References
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Tabora". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Kansas City, Missouri. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- Toronto, Canada: Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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