Archdiocese of Kampala
Kampalaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kampala, Uganda
The Archdiocese of Kampala is the metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in central Uganda, tracing to the 1883 Victoria Nyanza Vicariate and elevated to an archdiocese in 1966. Its seat is St. Mary's Cathedral Rubaga and its province includes the suffragan dioceses of Kasana-Luweero, Kiyinda-Mityana, Lugazi and Masaka.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 August 1966
- Latin
- Kampalaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001793
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,950,000
- Population
- 4,757,721
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 41.0%
- Priests
- 278
- Catholics per priest
- 7,014
- Extent
- 3 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 650,000
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
- Archbishop
- Paul Ssemogerere
- Born
- 30 June 1956
- Birthplace
- Nkumba
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
St. Mary's Cathedral Rubaga stands in Kampala, 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 Kampala
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Kasana–LuweeroKasana–Luweero
- Diocese of Kiyinda–MityanaKiyinda–Mityana
- Diocese of LugaziLugazi
- Diocese of MasakaMasaka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan see of its own ecclesiastical province, which takes in four suffragan dioceses, the Archdiocese of Kampala is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Uganda.
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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.