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Fr. Odillo Shedafa

PARENTS:

Father: Charles Shedafa

Mother: Elizabeth Shedafa

BORN

Birth: November 1969 Village: Kongoi Ward: Mgwashi District: Lushoto Region: Tanga Country: Tanzania

ORDINATION

January 25, 2006: Deacon at Segerea Semior Seminary in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

August 26, 2006: Priest at St. Anthony Cathedral Tanga, Tanzania

EDUCATION

Primary School Education 1983 - 1989: Std I-VII at Maramba “B” Primary School in Maramba, Tanzania

PRIESTLY FORMATION

1990 - 1994: Pre Form I - IV at Soni Seminary School in Soni, Tanzania

1995 – 1997: Form V – VI at St. Peter’s Junior Seminary in Morogoro, Tanzania

1997 – 1998: Pre-Philosophy Formation Year at Shashui in Soni, Tanzania

1998 - 2001: Philosophy at Kibosho Senior Seminary in Moshi, Tanzania

2004 – 2005: Pastoral Year Internship at Lushoto Parish, Soni Seminary School & St. Anthony Cathedral Parish

2001-2006: Theology at Segerea Senior Seminary in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

OTHER COURSES/ACHIEVEMENTS

2005: Commercial and Secretarial Studies at St. Joseph Commercial College in Tanga, Tanzania

POST ORDINATION STUDIES
WORK/MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

2006: Assisting Priest at Muheza Parish in Muheza, Tanzania

2007 - 2008: Priest In-Charge (Pastor) at Hale Parish in Hale, Tanzania

2008 – 2011: Priest In-Charge (Pastor) at Amboni Quasi-Parish in Amboni, Tanzania

2008 - Present: Diocesan Liturgist in Tanga, Tanzania

2011 - Priest In-Charge (Pastor) of Amboni Parish in Amboni, Tanzania

2019 - Present: Assistan Parish Priest at Kilole Catholic Parish in Korogwe, Tanzania.

CONTACT

Kilole Catholic Parish
P.O. BOX 5,
Korogwe, Tanzania

Phone: +255712100116

E-mail: oshedafa@yahoo.co.uk

catholic diocese of Tanga