 From 1970 until 1997, it was known as the Church of the Province of Tanzania.Today it is known as the Anglican Church of Tanzania, or ACT.The church's origins lie in the Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania) founded in 1884, with James Hannington as the first bishop; however, Anglican missionary activity had been present in the area since the Universities' Mission to Central Africa and the Church Missionary Society began their work in 1864 and 1878 at Mpwapwa.