Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza (Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.

History

 * 1880: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan
 * 1883: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza
 * April 10, 1929: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mwanza
 * March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Mwanza
 * November 18, 1987: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mwanza
 * November 27, 2010: Territory lost to Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunda

Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany in Mwanza.

Bishops

 * Vicars Apostolic of Mwanza (Roman rite)
 * Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. (1894.07.13 - 1912.12.12), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kivu
 * Bishop Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1912.12.12 - 1928.11.12)
 * Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr. (1929.03.18 – 1950)
 * Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. (1950.06.25 – 1953.03.25 see below)
 * Bishops of Mwanza (Roman rite)
 * Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1965.10.15)
 * Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1966.01.15 – 1987.11.18)
 * Metropolitan Archbishops of Mwanza (Roman rite)
 * Archbishop Anthony Mayala (1987.11.18 - 2009.08.20)
 * Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M.Cap. (2010.11.10 - 2018.06.21), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
 * Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande (2019.02.11 - )

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

 * Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1910-1912)

Auxiliary Bishop

 * Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1959-1965), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

 * Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila, appointed Bishop of Musoma in 2007
 * Renatus Leonard Nkwande, appointed Bishop of Bunda in 2010; later returned here as Archbishop

Suffragan dioceses

 * Bukoba
 * Bunda
 * Geita
 * Kayanga
 * Musoma
 * Rulenge-Ngara
 * Shinyanga