Catholic Church in Tanzania

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The Catholic Church in Tanzania is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

There are around 9 million Catholics in the country - about a quarter of the total population. There are 34 dioceses, including 6 archdioceses:

The Ecclesiastical Province of Arusha:
- Arusha
- Mbulu
- Moshi
- Same
The Ecclesiastical Province of Dar-es-Salaam:
- Dar-es-Salaam
- Ifakara
- Mahenge
- Morogoro
- Tanga
- Zanzibar
The Ecclesiastical Province of Dodoma:
- Dodoma
- Kondoa
- Singida
The Ecclesiastical Province of Mwanza:
- Mwanza
- Bukoba
- Bunda
- Geita
- Kayanga
- Musoma
- Rulenge-Ngara
- Shinyanga
The Ecclesiastical Province of Songea:
Songea
- Iringa
- Lindi
- Mbeya
- Mbinga
- Mtwara
- Njombe
- Tunduru–Masasi
The Ecclesiastical Province of Tabora:
- Tabora
- Kahama
- Kigoma
- Mpanda
- Sumbawanga

Roman Catholicism in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

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