Kahama, 23 June, 2022 / 8:50 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko who has been serving as Vicar General and in charge of the Pastoral Department of his native Diocese of Kigoma as Bishop of the Diocese of Kahama in Tanzania.
The appointment of the member of the of the Clergy of Tanzania’s Kigoma Diocese as the Local Ordinary of Kahama Diocese was published by the Holy See Press office on Thursday, June 23 and announced by the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) on the same day.
In the one-page message signed by TEC Secretary General, Fr. Charles Kitima, Catholic Bishops in Tanzania wish the Bishop-elect “good health” in his new Episcopal Ministry.
TEC members say they are “praying for the Bishop-elect, Fr. Nkoronko, to have good health of both mind and body in his Apostolic journey.”
The Catholic Diocese of Kahama has been vacant since December 2019 when Bishop Ludovick Joseph Minde who had been at the helm of the Tanzanian Diocese since August 2001 was transferred to Moshi Diocese.