Anthony Petro Mayalla

Anthony Petro Mayalla (April 23, 1940 – August 19, 2009) was a Tanzanian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza from his installation of February 28, 1988, until his death in 2009. Mayalla was also the founder of the Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) and the Weil Bugando Medical Centre (WBMC).

Anthony Petro Mayalla was born in the Nyamhungu village(Nera), Ng'wabagole Parish of Kwimba District, Tanganyika (present-day Tanzania) on April 23, 1940. He attended primary and secondary school in Kwimba District. Mayalla enrolled in Loyola University Chicago from 1973 until 1975, where he received a degree in education.

Mayalla was ordained a Catholic priest on December 20, 1970, at the at Ibindo Parish in the Mwanza Diocese. He was elevated to the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Musoma on February 22, 1979.

He served as the head of the President of the TEC Council (Tanzania Episcopal Conference) beginning on June 1983 while he was Bishop of Mwanza, despite being a Roman Catholic bishop.

Miyalla was formally installed as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza on February 28, 1988. He remained the Archbishop until his death in 2009.

Anthony Petro Mayalla fell ill at approximately 10:00 A.M. on August 19, 2009, when he fell ill and was rushed to the hospital. Mayalla died of a heart attack at the Weil Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza City, Tanzania, at approximately 2:30 P.M. on August 19, 2009. He was 69 years old.