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Joseph Mlola

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The Right Reverend
Joseph Roman Mlola
ALCP/OSS
Bishop of Kigoma
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Tabora
Appointed 10 July 2014
Installed 26 October 2014
Predecessor Protase Rugambwa
Orders
Ordination 12 July 1997
Consecration 26 October 2014
by Paul Runangaza Ruzoka
Personal details
Born 9 January 1966
Mashati, Rombo, Tanzania
Motto Caritate, Unitas et Pax
(Latin for 'Love, Unity and Peace')

Joseph Roman Mlola, ALCP/OSS (9 January 1966) is a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of Kigoma since 2014.[1][2]

Background

Mlola was born on 9 January 1966 at Mashati Village, Rombo District, Kilimanjaro Region, in northeastern Tanzania.[1][2]

Priest

He was ordained priest on 12 July 1997. He is a member of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti, A.L.C.P./O.S.S. (Holy Spirit Fathers).[1][2]

Bishop

Mlola was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Kigoma on 10 July 2014 by Pope Francis and was consecrated bishop on 26 October 2014 at Kigoma. He was consecrated by the hands of Archbishop Paul Runangaza Ruzoka, Archbishop of Tabora, assisted by Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, the Papal Niucio to Tanzania at that time and Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma.[1][2]

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