Diocese of Fort Portal
Arcis Portal
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fort Portal, Uganda
The Diocese of Fort Portal is a Latin Church see in western Uganda, erected in 1961, with its seat on Virika Hill below the Rwenzori Mountains. It is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbarara and has been led by Bishop Robert Muhiirwa since 2003.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 February 1961
- Latin
- Arcis Portal
- Annuario code
- 001001434
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,036,458
- Population
- 2,637,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 39.3%
- Priests
- 132
- Catholics per priest
- 7,852
- Extent
- 13,553 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 76
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Robert Muhiirwa
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul stands in Fort Portal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mbarara
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mbarara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MbararaMbarara
- Diocese of HoimaHoima
- Diocese of KabaleKabale
- Diocese of KaseseKasese
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Uganda's Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal (Latin: Arcis Portal) is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.