Diocese of Soroti
| Diocese of Soroti | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uganda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tororo |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Eciru Oliach |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Erasmus Desiderius Wandera |
| founding | 1980 |
| surface | 12,921 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,858,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 1,101,789 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 59.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 50 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 20,404 |
| Friars | 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili |
| cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral |
The Bistum Soroti ( lat. : Dioecesis Sorotiensis ) is in Uganda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Soroti .
history
The diocese of Soroti was established on November 29, 1980 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad spiritualem from cessions of territory from the diocese of Tororo . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tororo as a suffragan .
Bishops of Soroti
- Erasmus Desiderius Wandera , 1980–2007
- Emmanuel Obbo AJ , 2007–2014 (then Archbishop of Tororo )
- Joseph Eciru Oliach , since 2019
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad spiritualem , AAS 73 (1981), n.3, p. 221f.