Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Joseph Roman Mlola | |
Honorific Suffix: | ALCP/OSS |
Bishop of Kigoma | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Tabora |
Appointed: | 10 July 2014 |
Term Start: | 26 October 2014 |
Predecessor: | Protase Rugambwa |
Ordination: | 12 July 1997 |
Consecration: | 26 October 2014 |
Consecrated By: | Paul Runangaza Ruzoka |
Birth Date: | 9 January 1966 |
Birth Place: | Mashati, Rombo, Tanzania |
Motto: | la|'''Caritate, Unitas et Pax'''|Love, Unity and Peace|break=yes |
Joseph Roman Mlola, ALCP/OSS | |
Dipstyle: | |
Offstyle: | Your Grace |
Joseph Roman Mlola, ALCP/OSS (9 January 1966) is a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of Kigoma since 2014.[1] [2]
Mlola was born on 9 January 1966 at Mashati Village, Rombo District, Kilimanjaro Region, in northeastern Tanzania.[1] [2]
He was ordained priest on 12 July 1997. He is a member of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti, A.L.C.P./O.S.S. (Holy Spirit Fathers).[1] [2]
Mlola was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Kigoma on 10 July 2014 by Pope Francis and was consecrated bishop on 26 October 2014 at Kigoma. He was consecrated by Archbishop Paul Runangaza RuzokaArchbishop of Tabora, assisted by Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, the Papal Niucio to Tanzania at that time and Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma.[1] [2]