AFRICA/TANZANIA – Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Mwanza

Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Maximilian Francis Buluma, of the clergy of Mwanza, Tanzania, until now lecturer at Saint Augustine Major Seminary in Peramiho, diocese of Songea, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Mwanza, Tanzania, assigninig him the titular see of Puppi.
Msgr. Maximilian Francis Buluma was born on 29 October 1976 in Tanzania. He carried out his seminary formation in Tanzania and was ordained a priest on 10 December 2006.
He has held the following offices: parish assistant of the parish of Saint Bernadette in Kahangala , parish priest of the parish of Mary Mother of Missionaries in Malya , and secretary to the Archbishop .
He was awarded a licentiate in Christology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, Saint Thomas of Aquinas Section, in Naples, Italy .
Upon returning to Tanzania, he held the following offices: parish priest of the parish of Saint Charles in Ibindo , rector of the Archbishop Mayala Girls’ Secondary School in Ibindo and of Saint Mary’s Minor Seminary in Nyegezi , and teacher at the Saint Augustine Major Seminary in Peramiho, diocese of Songea .

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