Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara
Catholic archdiocese in Uganda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catholic archdiocese in Uganda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara (Archidioecesis Mbararaensis) in Uganda covers an area of 10,980 km2 in southwestern Uganda. As of 2003, of the 2.2 million citizens in the area 856,168 are members of the Catholic Church. The archdiocese is subdivided into 25 parishes, and has 114 priests altogether. The archdiocese is the metropolitan for the dioceses of:
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Archidioecesis Mbararaensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Uganda |
| Deaneries | 8 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,980 km2 (4,240 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | 3,650,770 1,278,440 (35%) |
| Parishes | 68 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman |
| Established | May 28, 1934 |
| Cathedral | Santa Maria Nyamitanga |
| Secular priests | 165 |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Lambert Bainomugisha |
| Suffragans | Fort Portal, Hoima, Kabale, Kasese |
| Map | |
Location of the Archdiocese of Mbarara within Uganda | |
The cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mbarara.
The archdiocese dates back to the Vicariate Apostolic of Ruwenzori, which was erected on May 28, 1934 by splitting the Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda. On March 25, 1953 it was elevated to a diocese and renamed after its principal town Mbarara. 1961 territory was lost to the newly erected diocese of Fort Portal, and again in 1966 to the diocese of Kabale. On January 2, 1999 the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese. Before being an archdiocese the diocese was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Kampala.
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