Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Paul R. Ruzoka | |
Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Tabora |
Province: | Tabora |
Metropolis: | Tabora |
Diocese: | Tabora |
Appointed: | 25 November 2006 |
Term Start: | 28 January 2007 |
Term End: | 10 November 2023 |
Predecessor: | Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde |
Successor: | Protase Rugambwa |
Ordination: | 20 July 1975 |
Ordained By: | Bishop Alphonse Daniel Nsabi |
Consecration: | 6 January 1990 |
Consecrated By: | John Paul II |
Birth Date: | 1948 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Nyakayenzi, Tanganyika |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Motto: | Nitalitii neno lako |
Coat Of Arms Alt: | Archbishop Paul Ruzoka coat of Arms |
Paul Runangaza Ruzoka (born 1948) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Tabora from 2006 to 2023. He has been a bishop since 1990.[1]
Archbishop Paul R. Ruzoka was born in 1948 in Nyakayenzi, Kigoma. After his studies and clerical formations, on July 20, 1975, he was ordained priest by the laying on of hands by Bishop Alphons Daniel Nsabi of the Catholic Diocese of Kigoma, being the sixth native priest of Kigoma, to be ordained priest in Kigoma. On November 10, 1989, Saint John Paul II appointed him the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kigoma and was consecrated by Saint John Paul II on January 6, 1990, at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. On November 25, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the Archbishop of Tabora Archdiocese and officially installed on January 28, 2007.He retired upon reaching the retirement age of bishops of 75 years on 10th November 2023.[2]