Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar

History

• Established 1860 as Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar, on vast East African territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion in Réunion
• 1883: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar, hence entitled to a titular bishop
• November 16, 1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Zanguebar
• Lost territories repeatedly : in 1904 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir, on 1905.09.14 to establish the Mission sui juris of Kenya and on 1906.05.11 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Zanguebar
• Renamed in 1906 as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
• Suppressed on 1953.03.25, its territory being used to establish the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi
• Restored but demoted on December 12, 1964 and renamed as Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba
• Promoted on March 28, 1980 as Diocese of Zanzibar

  Ordinaries

• Armand-René Maupoint, while Bishop of mother diocese La Réunion
• Homer, Holy Ghost Fathers
• Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp.

• Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Bodona

• Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp.
• Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Ticelia

• Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp.
• John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Carrhæ
• Apostolic Administrator^ the same John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp.
• John Heffernan, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Uzippari
• John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Cercina, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi , President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

• Edgard Aristide Maranta, Capuchin Franciscans , Titular Bishop of Vinda, while Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
• Joseph Sipendi, later Bishop of Moshi
• Adriani Mkoba, while Bishop of Morogoro
• Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp.

• Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp.
• Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.