Diocese of Kotido

Kotidoën(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kotido, Uganda

The Diocese of Kotido is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Tororo, Uganda, covering the Karamoja sub-region. It was erected on 20 May 1991 from the Diocese of Moroto, and Bishop Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.J., has led it since 2022.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 20 May 1991
Latin: Kotidoën(sis)
Annuario code: 001001897

The see in figures

Catholics: 130,150
Population: 283,640
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 45.9%
Priests: 30
Catholics per priest: 4,338
Extent: 14,775 km²
Catholics per km²: 8.8

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: Dominic Eibu
Born: 30 April 1970
Birthplace: Lwala
Institute: MISSIONARI COMBONIANI DEL CUORE DI GESÙ

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

Good Shepherd Cathedral stands in Kotido, 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.