Archdiocese of Tororo
Tororoën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tororo, Uganda
The Archdiocese of Tororo is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in eastern Uganda, originating as the Apostolic Vicariate of the Upper Nile in 1894 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1999. It is led by Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo and has four suffragan dioceses.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 January 1999
- Latin
- Tororoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003257
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 999,750
- Population
- 4,374,175
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 22.9%
- Priests
- 109
- Catholics per priest
- 9,172
- Extent
- 8,837 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 113
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
- Emmanuel Obbo
- Born
- 7 October 1952
- Birthplace
- Nagoke
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
Uganda Martyrs' Cathedral, Tororo stands in Tororo, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JinjaJinja
- Diocese of KotidoKotido
- Diocese of MorotoMoroto
- Diocese of SorotiSoroti
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Uganda's ecclesiastical province of Tororo has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo (Latin: Tororoën(sis)). It was announced on January 2, 2014 that Pope Francis had named Emmanuel Obbo, then Bishop of Soroti, Uganda, as the new Archbishop of Tororo.
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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.