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RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Religion is an integral part of the daily life of the people in Bukoba and Kagera Region. The information on this website is a guide on where to find a church, mosque or temple when visiting or relocating to Bukoba Municipality and immediate surrounding areas. Because of the street numbering system, the location of the building to an exact address cannot be provided. The location information provided here refers to the closest intersection from where you can see the church, mosque or temple. Telephone and email addresses for the institution is provided if available. Likewise, mass, service and work hours are provided if available. Where the institution has historical significance to Bukoba or Tanzania, a brief description is provided. When deemed appropriate for historical purposes, a religious institution outside Bukoba Municipality is included on this website. The information is grouped by religious denomination and will be continuously added or expanded as it becomes available.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVICES

Bukoba Roman Catholic Cathedral

The Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Roman Catholic Cathedral is the most beautiful, most visible, and the largest stand-alone structure in the Bukoba Municipality. It houses the tomb of Cardinal Laurian Rugambwa, the first Africa Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Location: Jamhuri Road & Barongo Road, Bukoba (map)
Office hours: Monday – Friday (8:00 am – 12:30 pm & 2:30 pm – 500 pm); Saturday (8:00 am – 12:30 pm).
Daily Mass times: (Monday – Saturday): 6:30 am
Sunday Mass times: 6:30 am & 8:00 am (Swahili); 10:00 am (English); 3:00 pm (children mass).
Contact information: Tel. (255) 766 397 638 & (255) 625 914 913 (with WhatsApp)
NOTE: Contact information are cellphone contacts and changes with of priest assignments.


Cathedral front and side view
     
Cathedral sanctuary & Bishop Seat
   
Cathedral inside front wing

    
Cathedral inside front wing

Cathedral inside South wing

Above: The tombs of Cardinal Laurian Rugambwa (centre), Bishop Nestor Timanywa (right), and an empty tomb for burial of future bishops (left).


Bunena Roman Catholic Church

Location: Shore Road, Bukoba (map)


Built in 1914, it is the first Catholic Mission Church in Bukoba Municipality. It was a Cathedral from 1947 to 1968 when Laurent Tetrault, Alfred Lancton, and Cardinal Laurian Rugambwa were bishops of Bukoba.

Daily Mass times: (Monday – Saturday): 12:30 am
Sunday Mass times: (Sunday): 8:00 am

Annual Pilgrimage of Marian Shrine at Nyakijoga

Location: Nyakijoga, Mugana Parish (map)

Nyakijoga is a shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes where pilgrims may receive God’s grace through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin May. The shrine is located in Mugana Parish about 29 km from Bukoba Municipality and is visited by many religious faithful from Kagera Region, across Tanzania and neighboring countries. The pilgrimage to Nyakijoga Shrine is on the first Sunday of October every year.



Ntungamo Major Seminary

Location: West side of Bukoba Municipality (map)

St. Anthony of Padua Major Seminary (locally known as Ntungamo Major Seminary) educates and forms seminarians preparing for the Catholic priesthood. Seminarians are from Bukoba and across Tanzania. It is located on the hills overlooking Lake Victoria on the west side of Bukoba Municipality off Maruku Road.



Ntungamo Major Seminary Chapel

 Rutabo Parish

Located about 45 – 50 km from Bukoba Municipality on the Kianja plateau is Rutabo Parish, which is the birthplace and home Parish of Cardinal Laurian Rugambwa. It was also the seat of the former Rutabo Diocese which was suppressed in 1953 to establish the present Bukoba Diocese. Although the church is a considerable distanced from Bukoba Municipality to attract visitors, it is included on this site for historical purposes.





Kashozi Parish Church

Kashozi Parish is the oldest Roman Catholic Mission in the Bukoba Catholic Diocese. The present church is located at Kashozi, about 5 – 6 km from Bukoba Municipality along Kashozi Road. It is included on this site for historical reasons.



EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Bukoba Lutheran Cathedral

Location: Kashozi Road, Bukoba (map)




Kashura Lutheran church

Location: Kanazi Rd on Kashura Hill (map)



OTHER ORGANIZED CHURCHES

Greek Orthodox Church
Location: Uganda Rd & Twaijumaa Rd (map)

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Location: Uganda Rd close Kagera prisons (map)

Anglican Church
Location: Custom Rd & Boma Rd (map)

SERVICES FOR MUSLIMS

Ismaili Mosque & Clock Tower
Location: Kawawa Rd & Mosque Street (map)

Bukoba Sunni Mosque
Location: Kawawa Road west of Uganda Road (map)

Khoja Shia Mosque
Location: Mosque St & Sokoine Road (map)




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