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Diocese of Nebbi

Nebben(sis)

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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Sources

The see's own website

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.