Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro

Diocese of Morogoro; Dioecesis Morogoroënsis
Location
Country	Tanzania
Metropolitan	Dar-es-Salaam
Statistics
Area	43,380 km2 (16,750 sq mi)
Population; Total; Catholics	(as of 2004); 1,313,131; 534,443 (40.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	St Patrick Cathedral
Patron saint	Saint Patrick
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe
Bishops emeritus	Telesphore Mkude

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro (Latin: Dioecesis Morogoroënsis) is a diocese located in the city of Morogoro in the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.

History

May 11, 1906: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar from the Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
December 21, 1906: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bagamoyo
March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Morogoro

Vicars Apostolic of Bagamoyo (Roman rite)
- Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. (1906.07.25 – 1923.05.19), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
- Bishop Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp. (1924.01.09 – 1933.05.23), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
- Bishop Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. (1934.02.26 – 1953.03.25 see below)
Bishops of Morogoro (Roman rite)
- Bishop Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1954.08.11)
- Bishop Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. (1954.07.18 – 1966.12.15)
- Bishop Adriani Mkoba (1966.12.15 – 1992.11.06)
- Bishop Telesphore Richard Mkude Bishop: (from 5 April 1993 until 30 December 2020) Bishop Emeritus: (since 20 December 2020)
- Father Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe S.D.S. (2019.02.13 – 2021.05.31) Apostolic administrator sede plena^[1]
- Bishop Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe S.D.S (2021.05.31 - present) ^[2]

Roman Catholic Diocese of Morogoro is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.^[3]