Diocese of Jinja

Gingian(us)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jinja, Uganda

The Diocese of Jinja is a Latin rite see in eastern Uganda, established in 1966 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tororo. Following the death of Bishop Charles Martin Wamika in October 2025, Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo of Tororo serves as Apostolic Administrator.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 5 August 1966
Latin: Gingian(us)
Patron: san Matías Mulumba Kalemba
Annuario code: 001001744

The see in figures

Catholics: 960,100
Population: 4,750,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 20.2%
Priests: 149
Catholics per priest: 6,444
Extent: 8,917 km²
Catholics per km²: 108

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

The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Jinja stands in Jinja, 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 Tororo

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tororo.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

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.