Previously, he served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kahama, Tanzania from 24 April 2001 until 2 December 2019.

[3] He was among the five priests sent to Rome for further studies after the Apostolic visit of Pope Saint John Paul II in Tanzania in 1990.

From 1990 to 1996, Father Minde pursued studies in Italy, where he earned a Doctorate in Sacred Scripture Theology from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome.

[2] He was ordained to the Priesthood on 6 June 1986, in the Congregation of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCP/OSS).

[1][2] After completing his studies in 1996, he returned to the country as a Lecturer in Sacred Scripture Theology at St. Charles Lwanga Major Seminary in Segerea, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam.