Dar es Salaam, 28 January, 2025 / 9:43 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa from the pastoral care of the Catholic Diocese of Iringa in Tanzania and appointed Mons. Romanus Elamu Mihali, Clergy of the country's Mafinga Diocese, as his successor.
The appointment of Mons. Mihali who has been serving as Episcopal Vicar for Clergy in the Diocese of Mafinga and Parish Priest of the Virgin Mary of the Assumption Parish in Ujewa, was published by the Holy See Press office on Tuesday, January 28, and confirmed by the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) on the same day.
Bishop Ngalalekumtwa is retiring at the age of 76 after serving as the Local Ordinary of Iringa Diocese since November 1992.
In their January 28 statement confirming the appointment of the new Bishop, TEC members said they “pray for good health and spiritual strength” for the Bishop-elect as he begins his new ministry.
Born on 10 June 1969, in Itulituli, Mufindi, the Bishop-elect was ordained a Priest on 13 July 2000, for the Diocese of Iringa after completing his studies in Philosophy and Theology at the Peramiho Major Seminary in Songea.