Diocese of Moroto
| Diocese of Moroto | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uganda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tororo |
| Diocesan bishop | Damiano Giulio Guzzetti MCCJ |
| founding | March 22, 1965 |
| surface | 15,000 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 520,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 328,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 63.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,714 |
| Friars | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 52 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili |
| cathedral | Regina Mundi Cathedral |
The Bistum Moroto ( lat. : Dioecesis Morotoensis ) is in Uganda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Moroto .
history
The diocese of Moroto was on March 22, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. Erected with the Apostolic Constitution Ex quo Christ from cessions of territory from the diocese of Gulu . On May 20, 1991, the Diocese of Moroto gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Kotido .
The diocese of Moroto is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tororo as a suffragan .
Bishops of Moroto
- Sisto Mazzoldi MCCJ , 1967-1980
- Paul Lokiru Kalanda , 1980–1991, then Bishop of Fort Portal
- Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo , 1992-2014
- Damiano Giulio Guzzetti MCCJ, since 2014
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Ex quo Christ , AAS 58 (1966), n.2, p. 128f.