[1] He was born in Kilomeni, Mwanga District, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, on 9 December 1957.
On 15 April 2010, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of the Tanzanian prelate as the bishop of Same Diocese.
[1] On 16 Mar 1999 the Holy Father John Paul II appointed him Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Same, Tanzania.
[1] In 2010, The Vatican removed Bishop Jacob Koda of Same Catholic Diocese in Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania from office for "alleged violation of church moral teachings".
[2] Bishop Koda, left Tanzania on a sabbatical in June 2009, and a diocesan priest was appointed apostolic administrator.