Bishop

About Bishop Msonganzila

His Rt. Rev. Bishop Msonganzila  was born on 7 July 1956, at Bukumbi, Mwanza Region, Diocese of Mwanza, Tanzania. He attended primary and secondary schools in his home area. He attended Nyegezi Minor Seminary for his one year preparatory period.

He studied philosophy at St. Anthony Major Seminary in Ntungamo, in the Diocese of Bukoba. He then studied Theology at St. Paul Major Seminary in Kipalapala, in the archdiocese of Tabora. From 1990 he studied in Rome, Italy, graduating with a Doctorate in Canon Law, from the Pontifical Urban University in 1994.

He was ordained a priest of the diocese of Mwanza on 2 December 1984. He served in that capacity until 10 November 2007.

He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Musoma, Tanzania on 10 November 2007. He was consecrated and installed at Musoma in the Archdiocese of Mwanza on 20 January 2008, at the hands of Archbishop Anthony Peter Mayalla, Archbishop of Mwanza.