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Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja

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Metropolitan
  
Tororo

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
8,917 km²

Country
  
Uganda

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Pope
  
Francis

Bishop
  
Charles Martin Wamika

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 2,630,974 618,199 (23.5%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja (Latin: Gingian(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Jinja in the Ecclesiastical province of Tororo in Uganda.

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History

  • June 10, 1948: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kampala from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile
  • March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Kampala
  • August 5, 1966: Renamed as Diocese of Jinja

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Jinja (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Charles Martin Wamika (since March 2010)
  • Bishop Joseph B. Willigers, M.H.M. (since 1967.07.13)
  • Bishops of Kampala (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M. (1953.03.25 – 1965.05.03)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Kampala (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M. (1948.05.13 – 1953.03.25)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja Wikipedia
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