Diocese Diorectory

PHASE ONE: 16TH CENTURY – 1947 THE EARLY YEARS OF EVANGELIZATION IN TANGA a). European Explorers and Missionaries The work of evangelization in the African Continent started back in the 16th Century. It was during this time when the European nations started exploring the…

The present area of Diocese of Tanga previously formed part of the Vicariate of Kilimanjaro before it was erected to Prefecture Apostolic of Tanga on 3rd May 1950. On 24th February 1958 the Prefecture was erected to the status of…