Pope Francis Appoints Two Auxiliary Bishops for Tanzania’s Dar-es-Salaam Archdiocese

From 2011 until his July 7 episcopal appointment, Msgr. Mchamungu has been serving as the Secretary of the Legal Commission of TEC, President of the Inter-diocesan Tribunal and a Fomator at St. Charles Lwanga Major Seminary in Segerea.

Bishop-elect Mchamungu has been assigned the titular see of Tanaramusa.

The Holy Father has also appointed Msgr. Musomba as Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam Archdiocese.

Until his appointment, the 51-year-old member of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) has been serving as the Parish Priest of the Immaculate Conception Mavurunza Parish of the Tanzanian Ecclesiastical See.

Msgr. Musomba who has been assigned the titular see of Perdices was ordained a Priest in July 2003. 

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He has since served as Parish Priest, Formator and Secretary of the Tanzanian delegation of the Augustinians. 

The Tanzanian-born Bishop-elect holds a licentiate in patrology from the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome.

Once ordained, the Bishops-elect will assist Archbishop Jude Thaddeaus Ruwa’ichi in shepherding the people of God in the 40,000 square kilometer Ecclesiastical See with a population of 1,788,542 Catholics, according to Catholic hierarchy.

The Tanzanian Archdiocese that was established in March 1963 has been without an Auxiliary Bishop since May 2020 when Bishop Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa was transferred to the Diocese of Mpanda.

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.