Diocese of Hoima
| Diocese of Hoima | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uganda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mbarara |
| Diocesan bishop | Vincent Kirabo |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Albert Edward Baharagate |
| founding | 1965 |
| surface | 17,200 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 2,084,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 1,076,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 51.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 129 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,090 |
| Friars | 12 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 118 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili |
| cathedral | St. Peter's Cathedral |
The diocese Hoima ( lat. : Dioecesis Hoimanus ) is in Uganda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Hoima .
history
The diocese of Hoima was on August 9, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Quo aptius from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Rubaga and the Diocese of Fort Portal . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Mbarara as a suffragan .
Bishops of Hoima
- Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire , 1965–1968, then Bishop of Gulu
- Albert Edward Baharagate , 1969–1991
- Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire , 1991-2014
- Vincent Kirabo , since 2015
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quo aptius , AAS 58 (1966), n.6, p. 423f.