AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam

Saturday, 11 July 2026

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

2026-07-11
Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam

2026-06-10
Cardinal Rugambwa remembers Bishop Osório Citora: “A friend who shared his views. A person endowed with many beautiful qualities”

2026-01-12
Doubts arise over a petition filed against the leadership of the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference by a group of alleged Catholics

2026-01-08
Erection of the diocese of Bariadi, Tanzania, and appointment of first bishop

2025-12-05
Appeal for the release of political prisoners

2025-11-04
Calm returns, but there is a war of numbers over the victims of recent clashes

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father, Leo XIV, has appointed the Most Reverend Vincent Lawrence Mpwaji, of the clergy of the same archdiocese, currently Diocesan Chancellor, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, assigning him the titular see of Tacarata in Numidia.

Vincent Lawrence Mpwaji was born on June 5, 1978, in Morogoro, Tanzania. He studied philosophy at St. Anthony of Padua in Bukoba and theology at St. Charles Lwanga in Dar-es-Salaam. He was ordained a priest on July 7, 2008.

He has held the following positions and completed further studies: Diocesan Secretary, Secretary for Education, and Notary of the Archdiocesan Tribunal (2008-2011); Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (2021); member of the Archdiocesan Projects Committee (since 2021); since 2021, Chancellor of the Archdiocese and Deputy Parish Priest of St. Joseph Cathedral in Dar-es-Salaam. (Fides News Agency, 11/7/2026)