Ludovic Minde

Ludovick Joseph Minde (born 12 December 1952) is a Tanzanian Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moshi since 2020. Previously, he served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kahama, Tanzania from 24 April 2001 until 2 December 2019. He was appointed bishop on 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II. He is a member of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCP/OSS).

Background and education Minde was born on 12 December 1952, in Kibosho, Moshi. He received his primary education at Mweka Primary School. From 1971 until 1977, he attended secondary school, from Form One to Form Six, at St. James Junior Seminary in Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region. He studied Philosophy at Kibosho Major Seminary from 1980 to 1982. He then studied Theology at St. Charles Lwanga Seminary in Segerea from 1982 to 1986.

He was among the five priests sent to Rome for further studies after the Apostolic visit of Pope Saint John Paul II in Tanzania in 1990. From 1990 to 1996, Father Minde pursued studies in Italy, where he earned a Doctorate in Sacred Scripture Theology from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome.