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Diocese of Geita

Dioecesis Geitaensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
8 November 1984ErectedDiocese of Mwanza (Geita and Sengerema) Diocese of Geita (erected)
18 November 1987Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Geita (from Tabora)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199077,680743,31210.5%612184,31515368ap1991
1999140,281879,90215.9%116178,2517349ap2000
2000145,721879,90216.6%146207,2867359ap2001
2001215,9461,136,39319.0%1451911,3656419ap2002
2002176,9001,171,94315.1%145199,3106359ap2003
2003220,9501,214,11118.2%1732011,0474379ap2004
2004232,4581,226,49919.0%1711812,9142419ap2005
2006254,8121,273,00020.0%1331615,92544210ap2007
2013553,1701,527,00036.2%2763316,76274515ap2014
2016576,1341,989,69929.0%2833118,58445318ap2017
2019630,6802,180,10028.9%2923120,34434636ap2020
2021269,2161,923,05914.0%314357,69185425ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 77, Page 276
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 80, Page 354, and Page 355

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