Beatus Christian Urassa

Beatus Christian Urassa, ALCP/OSS (born on 2 August 1965) in Keni Mashati Village, Rombo District, is a Tanzanian Catholic bishop, currently serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga since 24 June 2018. He succeeded Bishop Damian Kyaruzi, who retired due to age.

Background and education He was born on 2 August 1965 in Keni Mashati Village, in Rombo District, Kilimanjaro Region in the Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania. He attended the Congregation Apostles of Jesus Major Seminary in Nairobi, Kenya, where he studied philosophy. He then studied Theology at St. Charles Lwanga Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Segerea, Dar Es Salaam. Later, he graduated with a Doctorate degree in Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Teresianum Institute in Rome.

Bishop Beatus Christian Urassa, is a Catholic Church leader in Tanzania. He is a member of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCP/OSS) congregation, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the introduction in the Order in the country on 21 November 2024 at the Formation House Sabuko, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi.