Diocese of Nebbi
Nebben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nebbi, Uganda
The Diocese of Nebbi is a Latin Rite diocese in northwestern Uganda, erected in 1996 from the Archdiocese of Gulu, of which it is a suffragan. Bishop Constantine Rupiny was installed as its ordinary in February 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 February 1996
- Latin
- Nebben(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001002370
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 548,500
- Population
- 769,037
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 71.3%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 8,311
- Extent
- 5,098 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
- Bishop
- Constantine Rupiny
- Born
- 10 November 1974
- Birthplace
- Parombo
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
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral stands in Nebbi, 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 Gulu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gulu.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.