Archdiocese of Tororo
| Archdiocese of Tororo | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uganda |
| Diocesan bishop | Emmanuel Obbo AJ |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
James Odongo Denis Kiwanuka plumb bobs |
| founding | 1894 |
| surface | 8,837 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 3,928,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 816,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 20.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 88 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (31.12.2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,242 |
| Friars | 29 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 236 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Swahili Luganda |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Uganda Martyrs |
| address | Plot 17 Boma Avenue P.O. Box 933 Mbale Uganda |
| Website | http://www.hereintown.com/tororo/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Jinja Diocese of Kotido Diocese of Moroto Diocese of Soroti |
The Archdiocese of Tororo ( Latin : Archidioecesis Tororoensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Mbale in eastern Uganda .
history
The forerunner of today's diocese is that of Pope Leo XIII in 1894 . Founded Apostolic Vicariate Nilo Superiore , a spin-off from the Vicariate Victoria-Nyanza . In 1951 the name was changed to Ap. Vicariate Tororo and on March 25, 1953 the elevation to the diocese by Pope Pius XII. Pope John Paul II established the Archdiocese of Tororo in 1999.
The suffragan dioceses Jinja , Kotido , Moroto and Soroti are subordinate to the archbishopric .
Ordinaries
- Henry Hanlon MHM (1894-1911)
- Johannes Biermans MHM (1912-1925)
- John William Campling MHM (1925-1938)
- John Reesinck MHM (1938-1951)
- John Francis Greif MHM (1951–1968)
- James Odongo (1968-2007)
- Denis Kiwanuka Lote (2007-2014)
- Emmanuel Obbo AJ (since 2014)