Beatus Kinyaiya

Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. (born 9 May 1957) is a Roman Catholic prelate who is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma in Tanzania since 2014. Before that, from 2006 until 2014, he was the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Mbulu, Tanzania. He was appointed bishop on 22 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Early years and education Beatus Kinyaiya was born on 9 May 1957 at Shimbwe, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. He attended primary school at Shimbwe. He entered the Franciscan Seminary Maua in Moshi where he completed his O-Level studies. He then completed his A-Level studies at the Itaga Minor Seminary in the Tabora Region. He then spent his novitiate year in the Order of the Capuchin Fathers at Basita.

He studied philosophy at the Major Seminary of Our Lady of the Angels, Kibosho, in Kilimanjaro Region. He then transferred to the Saint Charles Lwanga Senior Seminary at Segerea in the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam where he studied Theology. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree, both awarded by the University of London. He also studied Spiritual Theology at the Pontifical University of St Anthony (Antonianum). He was installed there on 18 January 2015. The members of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) appointed him their vice president between 2015 and 2018.