Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana
| Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Uganda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kampala |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Anthony Zziwa |
| Vicar General | Lawrence Mukasa |
| founding | 1981 |
| surface | 11,965 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,410,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 534,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 37.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 111 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,525 |
| Friars | 20 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 133 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili |
| cathedral | St. Noa Mawaggali Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana ( lat. : Dioecesis Kiyindaensis-Mityanaensis ) is in Uganda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kiyinda .
history
The diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana was established on July 17, 1981 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ut populi Dei from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Kampala and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Kiyinda-Mityana
- Emmanuel Wamala , 1981–1988, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Kampala, Cardinal
- Joseph Mukwaya , 1988-2004
- Joseph Anthony Zziwa , since 2004
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ut populi Dei , AAS 73 (1981), n.10, pp. 689f.