Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar

Diocese of Zanzibar

*Dioecesis Zanzibarensis*
Diocese of Zanzibar; Dioecesis Zanzibarensis
Location
Country	Tanzania
Ecclesiastical province	Dar-es-Salaam
Statistics
Area	2,332 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 990,900; 9,900 (1.0%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.

The Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin: Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.

History

St. Joseph's Cathedral in Zanzibar

Established 1860 as Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar, on vast East African territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion in Réunion
1883: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar, hence entitled to a titular bishop
November 16, 1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Zanguebar
Lost territories repeatedly : in 1904 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir, on 1905.09.14 to establish the Mission sui juris of Kenya and on 1906.05.11 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar
Renamed in 1906 as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
Suppressed on 1953.03.25, its territory being used to establish the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi
Restored but demoted on December 12, 1964 and renamed as Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba
Promoted on 1980.03.28 as Diocese of Zanzibar

Armand-René Maupoint (1862 – 1871.07.10), while Bishop of mother diocese (Saint-Denis-de-) La Réunion (Réunion) ([1857.02.14] 1857.03.19 – 1871.07.10)
Antoine Hormer, C.S.Sp. (1868 – 1877)
Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (1883.10.27 – 1883.11.23)

Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (1883.11.23 – 1887), Titular Bishop of Bodona (1883.11.23 – 1925.02.20)

Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (1887 – 1896.11.27)
Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (1897.02.17 – 1906.12.21), Titular Bishop of Ticelia (1897.02.17 – 1924.04.09)

Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (1906.12.21 – 1913.04.03)
John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. (1913.09.01 – 1930.03.08), Titular Bishop of Carrhæ (1913.09.01 – 1943.02.27)
- Apostolic Administrator the same John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. (1930.03.08 – 1943.02.27)
John William Heffernan, C.S.Sp. (1932.03.15 – 1946), Titular Bishop of Uzippari (1932.03.15 – 1966.03.20)
John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. (1946.07.11 – 1953.03.25), Titular Bishop of Cercina (1946.07.11 – 1953.03.25), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1971.10.24), President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1969 – 1970)

Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. (1964.12.12 – 1966), Titular Bishop of Vinda (1930.03.27 – 1953.03.25), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19)
Joseph Sipendi (1966 – 1968), later Bishop of Moshi(Tanzania) (1968.01.11 – 1985.04.29)
Adriani Mkoba (1968.07.16 – 1973.01.26), while Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania) (1966.12.15 – 1992.11.06)
Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. (1973 – 1980.03.28)