Archdiocese of Mbarara
| Archdiocese of Mbarara | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Uganda |
| Diocesan bishop | Lambert Bainomugisha |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Paul Bakyenga |
| founding | 1934 |
| surface | 10,980 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,541,000 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,240,000 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 35% |
| Diocesan priest | 128 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,052 |
| Friars | 66 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 575 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili Luganda |
| cathedral | Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.archdioceseofmbarara.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Fort Portal Diocese of Hoima Diocese of Cabal Diocese of Kasese |
The Archdiocese of Mbarara ( Latin : Archidioecesis Mbararaensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Mbarara in southwest Uganda .
On May 28, 1934, the Apostolic Vicariate Ruwenzori was founded from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Uganda and on March 25, 1953 raised to the diocese of Mbarara, which was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Rubaga as a suffragan diocese. On February 21, 1961, the new diocese Fort Portal was formed from part of the diocese of Mbarara. On February 1, 1966, the Kabale diocese was also separated.
On January 2, 1999, Mbarara became an independent archdiocese covering 10,980 square kilometers. 856,168 Catholics belonged to the archbishopric in 2003, which made up 38.8% of the area's population.
The dioceses of Fort Portal , Hoima , Kabale and Kasese are subordinate to the archbishopric .
Bishops of Mbarara
- François-Xavier Lacoursière MAfr (May 28, 1934 to April 20, 1956)
- Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez MAfr (December 11, 1956 to November 25, 1968)
- John Baptist Kakubi (June 26, 1969 to November 23, 1991)
- Paul Bakyenga (November 23, 1991 to April 25, 2020)
- Lambert Bainomugisha (since April 25, 2020)