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Diocese of

Lugazi

Uganda Uganda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 4,595 km²

Population: 814,177 Catholics (44.5% of 1,827,670 total) (2017)

Statistics: 23 parishes, 10 missions, 82 priests (74 diocesan, 8 religious), 169 lay religious (8 brothers, 161 sisters), 42 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kampala

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

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History

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.11.04 – ...):Bishop Christopher Kakooza (67)Bishop Christopher Kakooza (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lugazi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Christopher Kakooza (67)Bishop Christopher Kakooza (67)Permalink
(2014.11.04 – ...)

Bishop of Lugazi (Uganda)

Born:1952.11.15 (Uganda)
Ordained Priest:1983.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:1999.04.17

Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia (1999.01.02 – 2014.11.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala (Uganda) (1999.01.02 – 2014.11.04)

Bishop of Lugazi (Uganda) (2014.11.04 – ...)

Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya (83)Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya (83)Permalink
(1996.11.30 – 2014.11.04)

Bishop emeritus of Lugazi (Uganda)

Born:1936.10.15 (Uganda)
Ordained Priest:1965.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1985.06.02

Titular Bishop of Iziriana (1985.03.09 – 1996.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala (Uganda) (1985.03.09 – 1996.11.30)

Bishop of Lugazi (Uganda) (1996.11.30 – 2014.11.04)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (2006 – 2010)

as of 2020.06.16

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