Isaac Amani Massawe Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Isaac Amani Massawe
Archbishop of Arusha
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Arusha
Province:Arusha
Appointed:December 27, 2017
Term Start:April 08, 2018
Predecessor:Josaphat Louis Lebulu
Ordination:June 29, 1975
Consecration:February 22, 2008
Consecrated By:Cardinal Polycarp Pengo
Birth Date:10 June 1951
Birth Place:Mango, Moshi, Tanzania
Religion:Roman Catholic
Residence:Epiphany Parish, Burka, Arusha
Coat Of Arms:Template-Archbishop.svg
Motto:Swahili: Kuwajibika na Kushirikiana katika Kristo
(English: responsible and cooperative in Christ)
Isaac Amani Massawe
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Grace
Relstyle:Archbishop

Isaac Amani Massawe (born 10 June 1951, in Mango) is the incumbent archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha in Tanzania.

Early life and ministry

Massawe was born at Mango in the Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania, on 10 June 1951.[1]

He attended the diocesan minor seminary of St. James of Moshi from 1966 until 1969, studied philosophy at the major seminary of Ntungamo in the Diocese of Bukoba from 1970 until 1972, and theology at the major seminary of Kipalapala in the Archdiocese of Tabora (1972–1975).[2]

He was consecrated priest on 29 June 1975.

Between 1986 and 1989 he was teacher and vice-rector of the diocesan minor seminary of San Giacomo di Moshi. From 1990 he studied at Walsh University in North Canton, in Ohio, graduating in 2003. During this period he exercised his ministry in several US parishes, and then moved to his homeland at the Cathedral of Christ the King of Moshi.[3] Between 1999 and 2004 he was chaplain for the diocesan congregation of the Brothers of the Redeemer.

Episcopal Ministry

On November 21, 2007, he was appointed Bishop of Moshi[4] by Pope Benedict XVI;[5] he was ordained on 22 February 2008 by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, the co-consecrators were Josaphat Louis Lebulu, metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha, and bishop Amedeus Msarikie, his predecessor in Moshi.

On December 27, 2017, he was appointed metropolitan Archbishop of Arusha by Pope Francis.[6]

As chair of the governing board for Mwenge University College of Education, Massawe oversaw its transition to full University status in 2014, as Mwenge Catholic University, the second Catholic University in Tanzania.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Isaac Amani Massawe [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. 2021-04-23. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. News: Bishop of Moshi resigns, successor appointed . fides.org . en . 21 November 2007 . 17 November 2016.
  3. News: Bishop Isaac Amani Massawe will visit Ohio in September . moshidiocese5.tumblr.com . en . 29 October 2015.
  4. News: Diocese of Moshi . gcatholic.org . en . 28 October 2015.
  5. News: 20E% 20 APPOINTMENT% 20 OF% 20SUCCESSOR Resignations and appointments . press.vatican.va . 21 November 2007 . 29 October 2015.
  6. News: Resignations and appointments . press.vatican.va . 27 December 2017 . 27 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Mwenge Catholic University becomes Tanzania’s latest university. 2021-04-22. www.archivioradiovaticana.va.