Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza explained

Jurisdiction:	Archdiocese
Mwanza
Latin:	Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis
Territory:	Mwanza
Province:	Archdiocese of Mwanza
Denomination:	Catholic
Sui Iuris Church:	Latin Church
Rite:	Roman Rite
Established:	1880
Cathedral:	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany
Bishop:	Renatus Leonard Nkwande
Bishop Title:	Archbishop

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza (Latin: Archidioecesis Mvanzaënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.

History

- - 1880: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan 1883: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza April 10, 1929: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mwanza
March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Mwanza
November 18, 1987: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mwanza
November 27, 2010: Territory lost to Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunda

The seat of the archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany in Mwanza.

Vicars Apostolic of Mwanza (Roman rite)
- Bishop Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. (1894.07.13 - 1912.12.12), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kivu
- Bishop Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1912.12.12 - 1928.11.12)
- Bishop Antoon Oomen, M. Afr. (1929.03.18 – 1950)
- Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. (1950.06.25 – 1953.03.25 see below)
Bishops of Mwanza (Roman rite)
- Bishop Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1965.10.15)
- Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1966.01.15 – 1987.11.18)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Mwanza (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Anthony Mayala (1987.11.18 - 2009.08.20)
- Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M.Cap. (2010.11.10 - 2018.06.21), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
- Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande (2019.02.11 -)

Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila, appointed Bishop of Musoma in 2007
Renatus Leonard Nkwande, appointed Bishop of Bunda in 2010; later returned here as Archbishop