Jinja diocese
| Jinja diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uganda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tororo |
| Diocesan bishop | Charles Martin Wamika |
| founding | 1948 |
| surface | 8,917 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 3,516,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 809,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 23% |
| Diocesan priest | 62 (31.12.2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 52 (31.12.2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7.096 |
| Friars | 239 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 140 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| Website | Bistum Jinja (English) |
The Bistum Jinja ( lat. : Dioecesis Gingianus ) is in Uganda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Jinja .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate Kampala with the Apostolic Constitution Curas Nostras on June 10, 1948 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Obernil .
On March 25, 1953, it was elevated to a diocese. It took its current name on August 5, 1966.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Kampala
- Vincent Billington MHM (May 13, 1948–1953)
Bishop of Kampala
- Vincent Billington MHM (resigned 1953 - May 3, 1965)
Bishops of Jinja
- Joseph B. Willigers MHM (July 13, 1967 - March 2, 2010, retired)
- Charles Martin Wamika , since March 2, 2010