RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Protase Rugambwa

1960 - Today

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Protase Rugambwa (born 31 May 1960) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tabora since November 2023, after serving as coadjutor there for seven months. He was a secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from November 2017 to April 2023. He previously served as that congregation's adjunct secretary and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 2012 to 2017. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 30 September 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Protase Rugambwa is the 2,506th most popular religious figure (up from 2,796th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Tanzania and the 3rd most popular Tanzanian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Protase Rugambwa ranks 2,506 out of 3,187. Before him are Jeanne Jugan, Richard Hooker, Nicholas Charnetsky, Franz Ehrle, Ingund, and Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi. After him are Antony II of Constantinople, Antje Jackelén, Jón Ögmundsson, Amalberga of Maubeuge, Guido del Mestri, and Thomas Kingo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Protase Rugambwa ranks 203. Before him are Brenda Strong, Buster Douglas, Isabel Coixet, Chris Elliott, Alice Brown, and Victor Pinchuk. After him are Stephen Daldry, Daniel Silva, Pia Sundhage, Gabriel Calderón, Jean-Marc Barr, and Joshua Angrist.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Protase Rugambwa ranks 18 out of 39. Before him are Cleopa Msuya (1931), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Tippu Tip (1837), Polycarp Pengo (1944), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), and Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834). After him are Amani Abeid Karume (1948), Marin Hinkle (1966), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), Anna Aloys Henga (1901), and Edward Lowassa (1953).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Tanzania

Among religious figures born in Tanzania, Protase Rugambwa ranks 3. Before him are Laurean Rugambwa (1912), and Polycarp Pengo (1944).

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