Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1960)
His Eminence
Protase Rugambwa
Cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora
Rugambwa in 2023.
Church
Catholic Church
Archdiocese
Tabora
See
Tabora
Appointed
13 April 2023 (coadjutor)
Installed
10 November 2023
Predecessor
Paul R. Ruzoka
Other post(s)
Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Montesanto (2023–)
Orders
Ordination
2 September 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Consecration
13 April 2008 by Polycarp Pengo
Created cardinal
30 September 2023 by Pope Francis
Rank
Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
(1960-05-31) 31 May 1960 (age 63)
Bunena, Tanzania
Previous post(s)
Vicar General of Rulenge (2002-04)
Bishop of Kigoma (2008-12)
Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2012-17)
President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (2012-17)
Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2017–23)
Vice-Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University (2017–23)
Alma mater
Pontifical Lateran University
Motto
Euntes in Mundum Universum ("Go into the whole world")
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Protase Rugambwa (born 31 May 1960) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tabora since November 2023, after serving as coadjutor there for seven months. He was a secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from November 2017 to April 2023. He previously served as that congregation's adjunct secretary and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 2012 to 2017. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 30 September 2023.
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