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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba | |||
8 April 1929 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora (Part of Uha that is East and North of Malagarazi river)
Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi (Bugufi) Vicariate Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza (Civil province of Bukoba) | Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba (erected) |
18 July 1932 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba
Vicariate Apostolic of Tabora | Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika (Kibondo) |
13 December 1951 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba (Kisïba, Missenyi, and part of Kiymia) | Vicariate Apostolic of Kagera Inferiore (erected) |
Diocese of Bukoba | |||
25 March 1953 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba | Diocese of Bukoba |
12 December 1955 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bukoba (Usambiro) | Archdiocese of Tabora |
21 June 1960 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bukoba (Other part of the district of Bukoba) | Diocese of Rutabo |
Diocese of Rulenge | |||
21 June 1960 | Name Changed | Diocese of Bukoba | Diocese of Rulenge |
18 November 1987 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Rulenge (from Tabora) | |
14 August 2008 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Rulenge (Karagwe) | Diocese of Kayanga (erected) |
Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara | |||
14 August 2008 | Name Changed | Diocese of Rulenge | Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Bukoba | ||||||||||||
1950 | 111,581 | 523,903 | 21.3% | 25 | 45 | 70 | 1,594 | 13 | 97 | 17 | ap1951 | |
Diocese of Bukoba | ||||||||||||
1957 | 96,631 | 421,918 | 22.9% | 12 | 61 | 73 | 1,323 | 11 | 107 | 16 | ap1960 | |
Diocese of Rulenge | ||||||||||||
1970 | 105,271 | 274,914 | 38.3% | 14 | 29 | 43 | 2,448 | 37 | 38 | 14 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 148,539 | 458,423 | 32.4% | 27 | 20 | 47 | 3,160 | 27 | 138 | 15 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 192,825 | 559,025 | 34.5% | 42 | 10 | 52 | 3,708 | 20 | 206 | 15 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 494,884 | 925,200 | 53.5% | 59 | 5 | 64 | 7,732 | 11 | 227 | 20 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 504,500 | 871,436 | 57.9% | 57 | 5 | 62 | 8,137 | 11 | 189 | 20 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 533,006 | 871,436 | 61.2% | 58 | 6 | 64 | 8,328 | 13 | 193 | 23 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 549,783 | 894,963 | 61.4% | 54 | 5 | 59 | 9,318 | 12 | 186 | 25 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 564,378 | 939,833 | 60.1% | 54 | 4 | 58 | 9,730 | 10 | 161 | 25 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 595,773 | 1,171,209 | 50.9% | 56 | 3 | 59 | 10,097 | 9 | 146 | 25 | ap2005 | |
Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara | ||||||||||||
2008 | 344,054 | 767,359 | 44.8% | 46 | 2 | 48 | 7,167 | 4 | 164 | 15 | bul14Aug08 | |
2010 | 168,921 | 835,000 | 20.2% | 39 | 2 | 41 | 4,120 | 8 | 303 | 15 | ap2011 | |
2014 | 196,000 | 942,000 | 20.8% | 43 | 2 | 45 | 4,355 | 9 | 151 | 19 | ap2015 | |
2017 | 343,053 | 1,052,000 | 32.6% | 47 | 2 | 49 | 7,001 | 8 | 158 | 20 | ap2018 | |
2020 | 388,713 | 1,066,490 | 36.4% | 51 | 2 | 53 | 7,334 | 8 | 280 | 27 | ap2021 | |
2022 | 408,093 | 1,280,950 | 31.9% | 56 | 2 | 58 | 7,036 | 8 | 301 | 29 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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