Diocese of Kabale
Kabalen(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kabale, Uganda
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:
- Archdiocese of MbararaMbarara
- Diocese of Fort PortalFort Portal
- Diocese of HoimaHoima
- Diocese of KaseseKasese
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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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.