The Holy Father, Pope Francis approved a series of episcopal appointments on Monday for Tanzania, Ireland and Mexico.
He appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Shinyanga, Tanzania, Msgr. Liberatus Sangu, Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Bishop-elect Sangu, of the clergy of Sumbawanga, was born February 19, 1963 at Mwazye, Diocese of Sumbawanga. After his primary and secondary education in local schools, he studied philosophy at the Major Seminary of Our Lady of Angels Kibosho, in the Diocese of Moshi, and theology at the Major Inter-diocesan Seminary St. Charles Lwanga Segerea, in the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. He was ordained to the priesthood on July 9, 1994.
He appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Shinyanga, Tanzania, Msgr. Liberatus Sangu, Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Bishop-elect Sangu, of the clergy of Sumbawanga, was born February 19, 1963 at Mwazye, Diocese of Sumbawanga. After his primary and secondary education in local schools, he studied philosophy at the Major Seminary of Our Lady of Angels Kibosho, in the Diocese of Moshi, and theology at the Major Inter-diocesan Seminary St. Charles Lwanga Segerea, in the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. He was ordained to the priesthood on July 9, 1994.
The Diocese of Shinyanga (1956), is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mwanza. It has an area of 50,000 square kilometers and a population of 2,440,000 inhabitants, of whom 745,000 are Catholics. There are 28 parishes. There are 55 priests (41 diocesan and 14 religious), 14 religious brothers, 44 sisters and 20 seminarians. The Diocese of Shinyanga, has been vacant since 2012, following the death of the Ordinary, Msgr. Aloysius Balina.
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