Aloysius Balina | |
Bishop of Shinyanga | |
Ordination: | 27 June 1971 |
Consecration: | 6 January 1985 |
Consecrated By: | Pope John Paul II |
Term: | 17 November 1997 - 6 November 2012 |
Successor: | Liberatus Sangu |
Other Post: | Bishop of Geita (1985 - 97) |
Birth Date: | 21 June 1945 |
Birth Place: | Isoso, Bariadi, Tanzania |
Death Place: | Mwanza, Tanzania |
Aloysius Balina (21 January 1945 - 6 November 2012) was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shinyanga, Tanzania.
Born in Isoso and ordained to the priesthood on 21 June 1971,[1] Balina was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Bishop of Geita in 1984;[2] he was consecrated by John Paul II on 6 January 1985.[3] In 1997, he was appointed Bishop of Shinyanga; he was installed on 17 November the same year.[2]
Balina died on 6 November 2012 in Mwanza, Tanzania.[2]