The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza () 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
Special churches The seat of the archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Epiphany in Mwanza.
Bishops 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 - )
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. (1910-1912)
Auxiliary Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage (1959-1965), appointed Bishop here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Michael George Mabuga Msonganzila, appointed Bishop of Musoma in 2007 Renatus Leonard Nkwande, appointed Bishop of Bunda in 2010; later returned here as Archbishop
Suffragan dioceses Bukoba Bunda Geita Kayanga Musoma Rulenge-Ngara Shinyanga
See also Roman Catholicism in Tanzania
Sources GCatholic.org