Bishop of Mafinga
Msgr. Vincent Cosmas Mwagala was born on 11 December 1973 in Makungu, in the Iringa region. After attending the Saint Augustine Major Seminary of Peramiho, in the archdiocese of Songea, and the archepiscopal seminary of Agrigento, he was awarded a licentiate in pastoral theology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sicily in Palermo, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 11 July 2007 for the clergy of the diocese of Iringa. He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of San Gerlando in Lampedusa (2007-2011); parish priest of Our Lady of Fatima in Usokami (2011-2018); vicar for religious (since 2015); vicar general of the diocese of Iringa and parish priest of Virgin Mary Help of Christians in Ifunda (since 2018): and member of the College of Consultors (since 2019).