Ludovick Joseph Minde

Minde was born on 12 December 1952, in Kibosho, Moshi. He received his primary education at Mweka Primary School. From 1971 until 1977, he attended secondary school, from Form One to Form Six, at St. James Junior Seminary in Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region. He studied Philosophy at Kibosho Major Seminary from 1980 to 1982. He then studied Theology at St. Charles Lwanga Seminary in Segerea from 1982 to 1986. He was among the five priests sent to Rome for further studies after the Apostolic visit of Pope Saint John Paul II in Tanzania in 1990. From 1990 to 1996, Father Minde pursued studies in Italy, where he earned a Doctorate in Sacred Scripture Theology from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. ==Priest==

He was ordained to the Priesthood on 6 June 1986, in the Congregation of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCP/OSS). After his ordination, from 1986 to 1989, he served as a mentor for young men aspiring to join the Congregation. After completing his studies in 1996, he returned to the country as a Lecturer in Sacred Scripture Theology at St. Charles Lwanga Major Seminary in Segerea, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam. He served in this role until 2001 when he was appointed Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kahama. ==Bishop==

On 24 April 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kahama, and he was consecrated as Bishop on 5 August 2001, by Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam assisted by Bishop Matthew Shija, Bishop Emeritus of Kahama and Bishop Amedeus Msarikie, Bishop of Moshi. ==See also==

(11 November 1983 - 24 April 2001)