GEITA, APRIL 29 2016(CISA)-Pope Francis has appointed Fr Flavian Kassala, director of the Stella Maris Mtwara College as the new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Geita in Tanzania. The diocese of Geita fell vacant when Archbishop Damian Denis Dallu was appointed Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Songea March 14, 2014. Archbishop Dallu was the bishop of Geita before he was elevated to lead the metropolitan see of Songea. He attended the St. Pius X Minor Seminary in Makoko, in the Diocese of Musoma, for his primary and secondary education. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Geita on July 11, 1999.