Damian Denis Dallu

Damian Denis Dallu is a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea, Tanzania. He was appointed archbishop on 14 March 2014 by Pope Francis and was installed on 18 May 2014. Before that, he served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Geita, Tanzania. He was appointed bishop on 14 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II and was consecrated and installed on 30 July 2000.

Background and education

He was born on 26 April 1955 in Kiponzelo, Maboga, Iringa Region. He is the last born in a family of six siblings. He attended Kiponzelo Primary School from grade one to grade four. He transferred to Kalenga Middle School from grade five to grade seven. He then studied at Mafinga Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Iringa, where he completed his secondary school education in 1978. Later, he graduated with a Master's degree from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in Nairobi, Kenya. He also holds a Doctorate in Moral Theology, from a university in Belgium. ==Priest==

Priest

On 15 November 1984 he was ordained priest of Geita Diocese. He served as lecturer at the Segerea Major Seminary in the archdiocese of Dar es Salaam. ==Bishop==

Bishop

On 14 April 2000 The Holy Father appointed him Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Geita. He was consecrated and installed on 30 July 2000, by the hands of Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam assisted by Bishop Aloysius Balina, Bishop of Shinyanga and Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa, Bishop of Iringa. Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea on 14 March 2014. He was installed there on 14 May 2014. ==See also==

Images and diagrams

• New archbishop of Songea (Tanzania) Damian Denis Dallu receives the Pallium from Pope Francis during a mass for the new metropolitan archbishops and the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29, 2014 at St Peter's basilica in Vatican ==References==

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