Protase Rugambwa

His Eminence

Protase Rugambwa
His Eminence; Protase Rugambwa
Cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora
	Rugambwa in 2023.
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Tabora
See	Tabora
Appointed	13 April 2023 (coadjutor)
Installed	10 November 2023
Predecessor	Paul R. Ruzoka
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Montesanto (2023–)
Orders
Ordination	2 September 1990; by Pope John Paul II
Consecration	13 April 2008; by Polycarp Pengo
Created cardinal	30 September 2023; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	31 May 1960 (age 64); Bunena, Tanzania
Previous post(s)	Vicar General of Rulenge (2002-04); Bishop of Kigoma (2008-12); Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2012-17); President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (2012-17); Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2017–23); Vice-Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University (2017–23);
Alma mater	Pontifical Lateran University
Motto	Euntes in Mundum Universum; ("Go into the whole world")
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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.