Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tabora Archidioecesis Metropolitae Taboraënsis Jimbo Kuu la Tabora
Location
Country	Tanzania
Territory	Tabora, Kigoma
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Tabora
Coordinates	5°01′S 32°48′E / 5.017°S 32.800°E / -5.017; 32.800
Statistics
Area	76,151 sq mi (197,230 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 2435200[1] 246139 (10.1%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 11, 1887
Cathedral	St. Theresa’s Metropolitan Cathedral
Patron saint	Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Secular priests	96
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Protase Rugambwa
Suffragans	Kigoma Kahama Mpanda
Bishops emeritus	Paul R. Ruzoka
Website
catbr.or.tz
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tabora (Tanzania)

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tabora (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Taboraënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Tabora in Tanzania.^[2]

In the year 2004 it had 257.390 faithful among 1.426.998 people (18.0%), with 64 priests (43 diocesans and 21 religious) (1 per 4,021 Catholics, 32 brothers and 159 sisters in 22 parishes. As per 2020 statistics, it had 235,748 faithful among 2,362,660 people (10%), with 97 priests (59 diocesan and 38 religious) which is approx. 1 priest per 2,430 catholics. Also there was 54 male religious and 229 female religious.^[3]