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Diocese of Kabale

Kabalen(us)

The Diocese of Kabale is a Latin Catholic diocese in southwestern Uganda, erected in 1966 from the Diocese of Mbarara. It is a suffragan of Mbarara and is led by Bishop Callistus Rubaramira.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1 February 1966
Latin
Kabalen(us)
Annuario code
001001769

The see in figures

Catholics
989,100
Population
2,010,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
49.2%
Priests
132
Catholics per priest
7,493
Extent
5,330 km²
Catholics per km²
186

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
Callistus Rubaramira

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 Christ the King, Kabale stands in Kabale, 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:

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

History

Carved out of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbarara on 17 April 1966, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale (Latin: Kabalen(us)) serves the Catholic Church in Uganda as a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara.

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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.