Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga

He was born on 3 November 1966 at Bunda, Bunda District, in the Mara Region in northern Tanzania. He attended elementary school from 1976 until 1982 at the Mwenga Primary School in Vwawa, Songwe Region, Tanzania. In 1983 he entered ''St Joseph's Minor Seminary in Kaengesa in the diocese of Sumbawanga, for the classes of superior preparation for priesthood. In 1987 he transferred to the Sangu Secondary School in Mbeya. In 1989 he entered the Kibosho Major Seminary at Kibosho, where he studied Philosophy. He then entered St Charles Lwanga Major Seminary'' in Dar-es-Salaam, in 1991, where he studied Theology. He studies at the St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT), from 1998, graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Science of Education. Between 2006 and 2009, he studied at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, graduating from there with a Master of Arts degree in Social Sciences. ==Priest==

He was ordained a priest of Mbeya on 11 July 1996. He served in that capacity until 9 Januarys 2011. As a priest, he served in various roles inside and outside his diocese including: • Assistant parish priest in Itumba Parish from 1996 until 1998 • Diocesan director of the Scouts in Mbeya Diocese from 1996 until 1998 • Teacher at Mbalizi Junior Seminary from 1996 until 1998 • Spiritual Director at Mbalizi Junior Seminary from 1996 until 1998 • Regional Manager of the Scouts for the scout region of Mbeya from 1998 until 2001 • Teacher at Pandahill Secondary School from 2001 until 2006 • Director of the Institute from 2001 until 2006 • Assistant Lecturer at St. Augustine University of Tanzania, in Mwanza, since 2009. ==Bishop==

On 9 January 2011 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of the Diocese of Dodoma, at that a Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. He was consecrated and installed at Saint Paul of the Cross Cathedral, in Dodoma, in the Diocese of Dodoma on 19 March 2011. He was consecrated by the hands of Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam assisted by Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, Archbishop of Mwanza and Bishop Evaristo Marc Chengula, Bishop of Mbeya. On 21 December 2018, The Holy Father created the Archdiocese of Mbeya and appointed Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga as the founding archbishop of the new Metropolitan province of Mbeya. The new archbishop received the Pallium from Pope Francis on 29 June 2019. He was installed as archbishop on 28 April 2019. ==See also==

• Archbishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mbeya As of 2021. ==Succession table==

(15 January 2005 - 10 November 2010) (23 October 2000 - 28 August 2012) (8 November 1996 - 21 November 2018) ==References==