Source: Zenit
IFAKARA, Tanzania, JAN. 16, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has created a new diocese in Tanzania, and assigned an auxiliary bishop of Dar-es-Salaam as its first pastor.
The Diocese of Ifakara will take territory from the Diocese of Mahenge and will be a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Dar-es-Salaam.
The new diocese has a population of about 323,000, almost 90% of whom are Catholic.
Bishop Salutaris Melchior Libena, 48, was named the first bishop. A native of Itete, he has been an auxiliary bishop for just under two years.
Article provided by ZENIT News Agency.