Diocese of Kotido
| Diocese of Kotido | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uganda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tororo |
| Diocesan bishop | Giuseppe Filippi MCCJ |
| founding | 1991 |
| surface | 14,775 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 383,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 173,460 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 45.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (31.12.2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,938 |
| Friars | 11 (31.12.2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 34 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili |
| cathedral | Good Shepherd Cathedral |
The Bistum Kotido ( lat. : Dioecesis Kotidoensis ) is in Uganda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kotido .
history
The diocese of Kotido was established on May 20, 1991 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Florem Africanae from cessions of territory from the diocese of Moroto . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tororo as a suffragan .
Bishops of Kotido
- Denis Kiwanuka Lote , 1991–2007, then Archbishop of Tororo
- Giuseppe Filippi MCCJ , since 2009
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Florem Africanae , AAS 83 (1991), n.11, pp. 913f.