Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo explained

Jurisdiction:	Archdiocese
Tororo
Latin:	Archidioecesis Tororoensis
Country:	Uganda
Denomination:	Catholicism
Parishes:	46
Rite:	Roman
Sui Iuris Church:	Latin Church
Cathedral:	Uganda Martyrs’ Cathedral, Tororo
Metro Archbishop:	Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.
Vicar General:	Christopher Emuseet
Priests:	109
Population:	4,120,065
Catholics:	999,750
Catholics Percent:	24.3
Area Km2:	8837
Deaneries:	12
Suffragans:	Jinja, Kotido, Moroto, Soroti

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo (Latin: Tororoën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Tororo in Uganda.

On January 2, 2014, it was announced that the Bishop of Soroti, Uganda, Emmanuel Obbo, had been named by Pope Francis to be the new Archbishop of Tororo.^[1]

History

• July 13, 1894: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile from the Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza
• May 10, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tororo
• March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Tororo
• January 2, 1999: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tororo

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Uganda Martyrs’ Cathedral in Tororo.

Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Tororo (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote (September 22, 2007 - January 2, 2014)^[2]
  • Archbishop James Odongo (January 2, 1999 - September 22, 2007)
• Bishops of Tororo (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop James Odongo (August 19, 1968 – January 2, 1999)
  • Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. (March 25, 1953 – August 17, 1968)
• Vicars Apostolic of Tororo (Roman rite)
  • Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. (May 1, 1951 – March 25, 1953)
• Vicars Apostolic of Upper Nile (Roman rite)
  • Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. (March 29, 1938 – March 1951)
  • Bishop John William Campling, M.H.M. (May 13, 1925 – February 1938)
  • Bishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. (April 27, 1912 – 1924)
  • Bishop Henry Hanlon, M.H.M. (July 17, 1894 – November 17, 1911)

Suffragan Dioceses

• Jinja
• Kotido
• Moroto
• Soroti

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Uganda
• Tororo

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Tororo archdiocese

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2022-07-16 . 2014-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104210820/http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=all&dl=9f4b04df-3b18-ef2e-aef2-52c577cbee3d&dl_t=text%2Fxml&dl_a=y&ul=1&ev=1 . dead .
2. http://newvision.co.ug/D/9/40/589103/Denis%20Kiwanuka%20Lote Denis Kiwanuka Lote Installed as Archbishop of Tororo Archdiocese on September 22, 2007