Archbishop of Tabora in Tanzania Retires, Coadjutor Archbishop Takes Over

In November 2006, he was appointed Local Ordinary of Tabora Archdiocese which had been left vacant following the demise of Archbishop Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde.

Archbishop Ruzoka has been at the helm of Tabora Archdiocese from January 2007 when he was installed.

Cardinal Rugambwa, the former Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, was born in May 1960 in Bukoba Diocese.

The new Archbishop of Tabora was ordained a Priest for the Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara in September 1990.

Cardinal Rugambwa was appointed the Local Ordinary of Tanzania’s Catholic Diocese of Kigoma in 2008.

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He was appointed Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Propaganda Fide) and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) with the personal title of Archbishop in June 2012.

He is a member of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for the First Evangelization and New Particular Churches.

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.