Pope Leo XIV Appoints Fr. Joseph Mashaka Triphon as First Bishop of Nzega

With great joy and thanksgiving, we announce that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev. Fr. Joseph Mashaka Triphon, C.S.Sp., a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), as the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Nzega, Tanzania. The territory of the newly erected Diocese is separated from the Archdiocese of Tabora, making it a suffragan diocese of the latter.