KILIMANJARO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — It is situated in British East Africa, specifically in the northern part of the territory of Tanganyika. It takes its name from the massif of K. (a mountain 5,890 m high), which lies within its boundaries. It was erected on 13 September 1910 in territory detached Bagamoyo (v.). It is entrusted to the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, United States province.
The Ordinary’s usual residence is at Moshi. Recently (10 April 1950), the eastern part of the territory was detached from the remainder of the vicariate of K. in order to TONGA (v.). Following this division, the Apostolic Vicariate of K. measures approximately 98,000 sq. km in area and has a population of approximately 450,000; 66,000 Catholics, almost all indigenous except for several hundred foreigners; approximately 6,000 catechumens, 20,000 Protestants, and almost 100,000 Muslims; 13 indigenous priests, 50 foreign priests, 13 indigenous lay brothers with a novitiate and 13 novices, 9 foreign lay brothers, 76 indigenous sisters with a novitiate and 25 novices, about thirty foreign sisters, a major seminary with 22 students and a minor seminary with 90 students. There are numerous elementary schools with more than 10,000 pupils and several secondary schools, as well as flourishing charitable works and Catholic Action associations.