Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga

Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga (born 3 November 1966) is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbeya since 2018. He was consecrated bishop on 2011. He previously served as Bishop of the diocese of Dodoma from 2011 until 2014. He then served as Bishop of the diocese of Mpanda from 2014 until 2018. He was President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference from 2018 to 2024. He was appointed bishop on 9 January 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI

Early life and education He was born on 3 November 1966 at Bunda, Bunda District, in the Mara Region in northern Tanzania. He attended elementary school from 1976 until 1982 at the Mwenga Primary School in Vwawa, Songwe Region, Tanzania.

In 1983 he entered St Joseph's Minor Seminary in Kaengesa in the diocese of Sumbawanga, for the classes of superior preparation for priesthood. In 1987 he transferred to the Sangu Secondary School in Mbeya. In 1989 he entered the Kibosho Major Seminary at Kibosho, where he studied Philosophy. He then entered St Charles Lwanga Major Seminary in Dar-es-Salaam, in 1991, where he studied Theology.

On 21 December 2018, The Holy Father created the Archdiocese of Mbeya and appointed Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga as the founding archbishop of the new Metropolitan province of Mbeya. The new archbishop received the Pallium from Pope Francis on 29 June 2019. He was installed as archbishop on 28 April 2019.