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KARIBU SANA
Tunakukaribisha kwenye tovuti yetu rasmi ya Jimbo Katoliki la Tanga,
lililo nchini Tanzania, Afrika ya Mashariki.

WELCOME
We invite you to the official website of the Catholic Diocese of Tanga in Tanzania, East Africa

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Askofu Thomas Kiangio
Askofu wa jimbo
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Pd. Josefu Mbena
Wakili wa Askofu
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Pd. Benedicto Nyangao
Katibu Mkuu jimbo
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Pd. Paul Mshami
Dekania ya Mjini
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Pd. John Sabuni
Dekania ya Korogwe
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Pd. Josefu Sekija
Dekania ya Handeni
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Pd. Firmat Tarimo
Dekania ya Lushoto

MAKANISA YA HIJA JIMBONI TANGA




Kanisa la Hija Tanga mjini
Parokia Mt. Antoni wa Padua Chumbageni Tanga
Siku ya Hija mwaka huu 2024 ni
sikukuu ya Kristo Mfalme 24 Novemba 2024
Mnakaribishwa sana


Kanisa la Hija Korogwe
Parokia ya Bikira Maria Mshindi Kilole Korogwe Tanga
Hija yetu ni kuwaombea ndugu zetu marehemu
Siku ya Hija mwaka huu 2024 ilikuwa
6 Novemba 2024

Kanisa la Hija Lushoto
Parokia ya Bikira Maria Mpalizwa Mbinguni na
Mtakatifu Bernard Gare Lushoto Tanga
Hija yetu ni kujiombea sisi wenyewe na jimbo letu
Siku ya Hija mwaka 2025 ni
tarehe 14 Oktoba 2025
Mnakaribishwa sana



IBADA YA KUABUDU

Katika kanisa kuu Mt. Anthony wa Padua
Jimbo Katoliki Tanga
Lipo kanisa dogo la Kuabudu Ekaristi Takatifu.
Karibu uje uongee na Yesu wa Ekaristi
Nyumba hii iko wazi kila siku kuanzia asubuhi haji jioni.
Unakaribishwa sana

Eneo la Jimbo la Tanga ni Eneo pia la mkoa wa Tanga.

KUHUSU JIMBO LETU KWA UFUPI

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    • ABOUT OUR DIOCESE IN BRIEF
      The Catholic Church of Tanzania has 34 dioceses that make up the Council of Catholic Bishops of Tanzania TEC which are divided into 6 Metropolitan (Great Provinces) and 28 ordinary provinces (suffragan dioceses).
      The Catholic Diocese of Tanga is a Ordinary Diocese (Suffragan Diocese) under the Metropolitan Diocese of Dar Es Salaam. It joins the States of Zanzibar, Ifakara, Morogoro, Mahenge and the Capital Province of Dar Es Salaam to form the Metropolitan Province of Dar Es Salaam.
      Tanga Diocese has a very unique feature and is very different from most Dioceses in Tanzania regarding its borders. Tanga Diocese occupies the same boundaries of Tanga Region in terms of government. This characteristic is very different from other Dioceses in Tanzania where one region has more than one Dioceses and others overlap with each other's governmental boundaries. The Catholic Diocese of Tanga has a size of 27,348 square kilometers in the entire region of Tanga. The population of Tanga Region is 2,615,5972 and the number of Catholics is 263,730. Most of the residents of Tanga Region are Muslims. Tanga Diocese is spread in all eight (8) districts of Tanga Region which are Tanga District, Muheza District, Mkinga District, Korogwe District, Pangani District, Handeni District, Kilindi District, and Lushoto District.
      This Diocese is bordered by two Dioceses in the north which are the Catholic Diocese of Same and the Principality of Mombassa (Kenya). The Diocese borders the Indian Ocean in the East. The south side is bordered by Morogoro Diocese, and the west side is bordered by Arusha Diocese.

      The main ethnic groups of Tanga Catholic Diocese and Tanga Region in general are Sambaa, Bondei, Zigua and Segeju. In addition, there is a mixture of all tribes found in Tanzania and from the islands of Unguja and Pemba. Economically, the residents of Tanga province are engaged in Agriculture, fishing, breeding and mining. The main crop at the moment is the sisal crop which has been given the name of sisal, our gold, the people of Tanga. There are a few who are employed in industry and a few are working in the government and in the private sector.

      EVANGELIZATION AND CREATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF TANGA.
      Christianity and Catholicism entered Tanga in 1893. The Trappist missionaries planted the seed of Catholicism in Tanga followed by the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit and soon the Missionaries of the Charity Organization (Rosminians) took over the role from the Trappists and the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit and to spread Catholicism in all areas of Tanga Region.
      On 18.04.1950, the Vatican leadership elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of Kilimanjaro (Tanga, Pangani, Handeni and Lushoto) to the Apostolic Prefecture of Tanga, i.e. a part of God's people that has not yet become a Diocese but is led by the Apostolic Vicariate who leads on behalf of the See of the Apostolic Rome. Monsignor Eugene Cornelius Arthurs was elected on 09.05.1950 to be the Prefecture to lead Tanga.
      And on 24.02.1958, the Vatican leadership raised the Apostolic Prefecture of Tanga to become the Catholic Diocese of Tanga under the protection of St. Anthony of Padua and Monsignor Eugene Cornelius Arthurs was appointed as the first Bishop to lead the Diocese of Tanga.

    • Kanisa Katoliki la Tanzania lina majimbo 34 yanayounda Baraza la Maaskofu Katoliki Tanzania TEC ambayo yamegawanyika katika Metropolitani （Majimbo Makuu) 6 na majimbo ya kawaida (suffragan dioceses) 28.
    Jimbo Katoliki la Tanga ni jimbo la Kawaida (Suffragan diocese) lililopo chini ya Metropolitani ya Jimbo Kuu la Dar Es Salaam. Linaungana na Majimbo ya Zanzibar, Ifakara, Morogoro, Mahenge na Jimbo Kuu la Dar Es Salaam kuunda Metropolitani ya Jimbo Kuu la Dar Es Salaam.
    Jimbo la Tanga lina sifa pekee sana na ni tofauti sana na Majimbo mengi Tanzania kuhusu mipaka yake. Jimbo la Tanga linachukua mipaka ileile ya Mkoa wa Tanga kiserikali. Sifa hii ni tofauti sana na Majimbo mengine Tanzania ambapo Mkoa mmoja una majimbo zaidi ya moja na mengine yanaingiliana mipaka ya kiserikali.
    Jimbo Katoliki la Tanga lina ukubwa wa kilometa za mraba 27,348 eneo la Mkoa wote wa Tanga. Idadi ya wakazi wa Mkoa wa Tanga ni 2,615,5972 na idadi ya Wakatoliki ni 263,730. Sehemu kubwa ya Wakazi wa Mkoa wa Tanga ni Waislamu.
    Jimbo la Tanga limeenea katika wilaya zote (8) nane za Mkoa wa Tanga ambazo ni Wilaya ya Tanga, Wilaya ya Muheza, Wilaya ya Mkinga, Wilaya ya Korogwe, Wilaya ya Pangani, Wilaya ya Handeni, Wilaya ya Kilindi, na Wilaya ya Lushoto.
    JImbo hili linapakana na majimbo mawili upande wa kaskazini ambayo ni Jimbo Katoliki la Same na Jimbo Kuu la Mombasa (Kenya), Jimbo linapakana na Bahari ya Hindi kwa upande wa Mashariki. Upande wa kusini linapakana na Jimbo la Morogoro, na upande wa Magharibi linapakana na Jimbo Kuu la Arusha.

    Makabila makuu ya Jimbo Katoliki la Tanga na Mkoa wa Tanga kwa ujumla ni Wasambaa, Wabondei, Wazigua na Wasegeju. Aidha kuna mchanganyiko wa Makabila yote yanayopatikana nchini Tanzania na kutoka visiwa vya Unguja na Pemba. Kiuchumi, wakazi wa jimbo la Tanga wanajishughulisha na Kilimo, uvuvi, ufugaji na uchimbaji madini. Kilimo kikubwa kwa sasa ni zao la Mkonge ambalo limepewa jina la Mkonge dhahabu yetu watu wa Tanga. Kuna wachache walioajiliwa viwandani na wachache wanafanya kazi serikalini na katika sekta binafsi.

    UINJILISHAJI NA KUUNDWA KWA JIMBO KATOLIKI LA TANGA.
    Ukristo na husani Ukatoliki uliingia Tanga mwaka 1893. Wamisionari Watrapisti (Trapists) ndio waliopanda mbegu ya Ukatoliki Tanga wakifuatiwa na Wamisionari wa Roho Mtakatifu na muda mfupi ndio Wamisionari wa Shirika la Mapendo (Rosminians) wakapokea jukumu hilo toka kwa Watrapisti na Wamisionari wa Roho Mtakatifu na kueneza Ukatoliki maeneo yote ya Mkoa wa Tanga.
    Tarehe 18.04.1950 Uongozi wa Vatikano uliinua Vikariati ya Kitume ya Kilimanjaro (Tanga, Pangani, Handeni na Lushoto) kuwa Prefecture ya Kitume ya Tanga yaani sehemu ya watu wa Mungu ambayo bado haijawa Jimbo ila inaongozwa na Vikari wa Kitume ambaye anaongoza kwa niaba ya Kiti cha Kitume cha Roma. Monsignor Eugene Cornelius Arthurs akachaguliwa tarehe 09.05.1950 kuwa Prefecture wa kuiongoza Tanga.
    Na tarehe 24.02.1958 Uongozi wa Vatikano uliinua Prefecture ya Kitume ya Tanga na kuwa Jimbo Katoliki la Tanga chini ya ulinzi wa Mt. Anthony wa Padua na Monsignor Eugene Cornelius Arthurs akateuliwa kuwa Askofu wa kwanza kuliongoza Jimbo la Tanga.