| Name | Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande |
| Designation | Archbishop |
| Address |
P.O Box 1421 Mwanza - Tanzania archmwz@gmail.com +255 769 523 036 |
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Birth
Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande was born in Mantare, Mwanza - Tanzania on November 12, 1965, is the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza in Tanzania since May 12, 2019.
Education and Mission
He attended primary school in Sumve. In 1981 he joined the Seminary of St. Mary’s Nyegezi. In 1987 he went to Kibosho Seminary in Moshi Catholic Diocese and in 1989 he studied theology at St. Charles Lwanga Seminary in Dar es Salaam.
On July 2, 1995 he was ordained a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Mwanza. He studied in Rome the Laws of the Church at the Pontifical University of Urbaniana between the years 2002-2005. Until his appointment as a bishop, he was the High Priest and administrator of the Archdiocese of Mwanza.
On November 27, 2010 Renatus Leonard Nkwande was appointed bishop of the new Diocese of Bunda. He was ordained a bishop on February 20, 2011.
On February 11, 2019, Bishop Nkwande was appointed Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza and resumed official duties on May 12, 2019.
Birth
Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande was born in Mantare, Mwanza -
Tanzania on November 12, 1965, is the Archbishop of the Catholic
Archdiocese of Mwanza in Tanzania since May 12, 2019.
Education and Mission
He
attended primary school in Sumve. In 1981 he joined the Seminary of St.
Mary’s Nyegezi. In 1987 he went to Kibosho Seminary in Moshi Catholic
Diocese and in 1989 he studied theology at St. Charles Lwanga Seminary
in Dar es Salaam.
On July 2, 1995 he was ordained a priest of the
Catholic Diocese of Mwanza. He studied in Rome the Laws of the Church at
the Pontifical University of Urbaniana between the years 2002-2005.
Until his appointment as a bishop, he was the High Priest and
administrator of the Archdiocese of Mwanza.
On November 27, 2010
Renatus Leonard Nkwande was appointed bishop of the new Diocese of
Bunda. He was ordained a bishop on February 20, 2011.
On February 11,
2019, Bishop Nkwande was appointed Archbishop of the Catholic
Archdiocese of Mwanza and resumed official duties on May 12, 2019.