# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prosper-balthazar-lyimo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:31:46.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/prosper-balthazar-lyimo"
name: "Prosper Balthazar Lyimo"
slug: "prosper-balthazar-lyimo"
description: "Prosper Balthazar Lyimo is a Tanzanian Catholic prelate who was appointed as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bariadi, in Tanzania on 8 January 2026. The Catholic See was created that same day and is a suffragan of the Ecclasiastical Metropolitan Province of Mwanza. Before that, he was auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha from 11 November 2014 until 8 January 2026. He was appointed bishop on 11 November 2014 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated at Arusha on 15 February 2015 by Josaphat Louis Lebulu, Archbishop of Arusha. He concurrently served as Titular Bishop of Vanariona, while auxiliary bishop. Pope Leo XIV created the Diocese of Bariadi, Tanzania on 8 January 2026. That same day, he appointed Bishop Prosper Balthazar Lyimo as the pioneer bishop of that new Catholic diocese."
tagline: "Tanzanian auxiliary bishop"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1964-08-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.268574666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Balthazar_Lyimo"
    title: "Prosper Balthazar Lyimo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88"
    title: "يزدهر بالتازار لييمو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Balthazar_Lyimo"
    title: "Prosper Balthazar Lyimo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Prosper_Balthazar_Lyimo"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Balthazar_Lyimo"
    title: "Prosper Balthazar Lyimo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Balthazar_Lyimo"
    title: "Prosper Balthazar Lyimo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18629964"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump