Archdiocese of Kampala
| Archdiocese of Kampala | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Uganda |
| Diocesan bishop | Cyprian Kizito Lwanga |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala |
| founding | 1915 |
| surface | 3,644 km² |
| Parishes | 54 (2013 / AP 2015) |
| Residents | 4,063,000 (2013 / AP 2015) |
| Catholics | 1,704,000 (2013 / AP 2015) |
| proportion of | 41.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 273 (2013 / AP 2015) |
| Religious priest | 64 (2013 / AP 2015) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,056 |
| Friars | 272 (2013 / AP 2015) |
| Religious sisters | 641 (2013 / AP 2015) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Luganda |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral (Rubaga Cathedral) |
| address | PO Box 14125 Mengo-Kampala Uganda |
| Website | Klarchdiocese.org.ug |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Kasana-Luweero Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese of Lugazi Diocese of Masaka |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala ( lat. : Archidioecesis Kampalaensis ) is in Uganda located Metropolitan Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
history
The forerunner of today's Archdiocese of Kampala is in 1880 by Leo XIII. Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza founded out of the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa in Sudan . The name of the Vicariate changed to Victoria-Nyanza (1883), North-Victoria Nyanza (1894) and finally on January 15, 1915 to the Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda. On March 25, 1953, Pope Pius XII. the elevation to the Archdiocese of Rubaga. Pope Paul VI founded the current Archdiocese of Kampala by renaming on August 5, 1966. The first bishop was Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac MAfr of the Missionary Order of the White Fathers .
Suffragan dioceses are Kasana-Luweero (1996), Kiyinda-Mityana (1981), Lugazi (1996) and Masaka (1953).
Bishops
- Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac MAfr , 1883-1889
- Jean-Joseph Hirth MAfr, 1889–1894, then Vicar Apostolic of South Victoria Nyanza
- Antonin Guillermain MAfr, 1895-1896
- Henri Streicher MAfr, 1897–1933
- Joseph Francis Marie Sweens MAfr, 1912–1928
- Henri Streicher MAfr, 1915–1933
- Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud MAfr, 1933–1945
- Louis Joseph Cabana MAfr, 1947-1960
- Joseph Kiwánuka MAfr, 1960–1966
- Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga , 1966-1990
- Emmanuel Wamala , 1990-2006
- Cyprian Kizito Lwanga , since 2006
Important churches
- St. Mary's Cathedral, (Rubaga Cathedral).
- Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs , Basilica minor in Namugongo.
- Our Lady of Africa, in the Mbuya district.
- St. Peter, in the Nsambya district.
Other structures
- Rubaga Hospital, a church hospital near the cathedral.
- Uganda Matryrs University , Rubaga Campus.
- Apostolic Nunciature , on Mbuya Hill, near the Church of Our Lady of Africa.