Roman Catholic Diocese of Lindi

Coordinates: 10°00′29″S 39°42′55″E / 10.0080°S 39.7154°E

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Diocese of Lindi Dioecesis Lindiensis

Location
Country	Tanzania
Metropolitan	Songea
Statistics
Area	56,060 km² (21,640 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 791,306 128,438 (16.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop elect	Wolfgang Pisa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lindi (

Latin: Dioecesis Lindiensis) is a diocese located in Lindi in the ecclesiastical province of Songea in Tanzania

History

August 5, 1963: Established as Diocese of Nachingwea from the
Territorial Abbacy of Mtwara
October 17, 1986: Renamed as Diocese of Lindi

Leadership

Bishops of Nachingwea

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

Bishops of Lindi

Maurus Libaba (1986.10.17 – 1988.03.03)
Bruno Pius Ngonyani (1990.10.06 – 2022.04.09)
Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M.Cap. (since 2022.04.09)

See also

Roman Catholicism in Tanzania

Sources

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