AFRICA : TANZANIA : NEW DIOCESE FOR EAST AFRICA

CISA REPORT:
VATICAN, January 17, 2012 (CISA) -Pope Benedict XVI has created a new diocese in Tanzania in East Africa.
The new diocese of Ifakara now in the Archdiocese of Dar-es Salaam, was created from Mahenge Diocese on January 14, 2012.
The Pope also named Bishop Salutaris Libena as the first Bishop of the new Ifakara Diocese.
Before appointment, Bishop Libena had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania according to Vatican news.
St Patrick Parish becomes the Cathedral of the new diocese.
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