Kasana-Luweero diocese
| Kasana-Luweero diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Uganda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kampala |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Ssemogerere |
| founding | 1996 |
| surface | 8,539 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 765,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 245,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 32% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,568 |
| Friars | 24 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 87 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili |
| cathedral | Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral |
| Website | http://kasanaluweerodiocese.com |
The Bistum Kasana-Luweero ( lat. : Dioecesis Kasanus-Luveerinus ) is in Uganda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Luweero .
history
The diocese of Kasana-Luweero was established on November 30, 1996 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum ad aeternam from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Kampala and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Kasana-Luweero
- Cyprian Kizito Lwanga , 1996-2006, then Archbishop of Kampala
- Paul Ssemogerere , since 2008
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum ad aeternam , AAS 89 (1997), n.4, p. 245f.