Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo (Latin: Tororoën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Tororo in Uganda.
Archidioecesis Tororoensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Uganda |
| Deaneries | 12 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,837 km2 (3,412 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | 4,120,065 999,750 (24.3%) |
| Parishes | 46 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman |
| Established | July 13, 1894 |
| Cathedral | Uganda Martyrs’ Cathedral, Tororo |
| Secular priests | 109 |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. |
| Suffragans | Jinja, Kotido, Moroto, Soroti |
| Vicar General | Christopher Emuseet |
| Map | |
 Location of the archdiocese within Uganda | |
On January 2, 2014, it was announced that the Bishop of Soroti, Uganda, Emmanuel Obbo, had been named by Pope Francis to be the new Archbishop of Tororo.[1]
History
edit- July 13, 1894: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile from the Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza
- May 10, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tororo
- March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Tororo
- January 2, 1999: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tororo
Special churches
editThe seat of the archbishop is the Uganda Martyrs’ Cathedral in Tororo.
Leadership
edit- Metropolitan Archbishops of Tororo (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote (September 22, 2007 - January 2, 2014)[2]
- Archbishop James Odongo (January 2, 1999 - September 22, 2007)
- Bishops of Tororo (Roman rite)
- Archbishop James Odongo (August 19, 1968 – January 2, 1999)
- Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. (March 25, 1953 – August 17, 1968)
- Vicars Apostolic of Tororo (Roman rite)
- Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. (May 1, 1951 – March 25, 1953)
- Vicars Apostolic of Upper Nile (Roman rite)
- Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. (March 29, 1938 – March 1951)
- Bishop John William Campling, M.H.M. (May 13, 1925 – February 1938)
- Bishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. (April 27, 1912 – 1924)
- Bishop Henry Hanlon, M.H.M. (July 17, 1894 – November 17, 1911)
Suffragan Dioceses
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Denis Kiwanuka Lote Installed as Archbishop of Tororo Archdiocese on September 22, 2007
External links
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Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile .