Metropolitan Kampala Rite Latin Rite Area 4,594 km² Bishop Christopher Kakooza | Parishes 21 Pope Francis Country Uganda | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
1,150,000
471,500 (41.0%) Schools 130 primary
27 secondary Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi (Latin: Lugasien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Lugazi in the Ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda.
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History
Current Bishop
The Right Reverend Christopher Kakooza was born at Nsambya Hospital on 15 November 1952. His parents lived at Lusaze, Kyaddondo County, in the Archdiocese of Kampala. He was ordained priest on 3 June 1983 at St Mbaaga’s Major Seminary, Ggaba as one of the pioneer group of the Seminary and appointed Auxiliary Bishop on 30 January 1999. His Episcopal ordination took place on 17 April 1999 at Rubaga Cathedral. He was appointed as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi, on 4 November 2014, by Pope Francis, replacing Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya, who retired. He was consecrated as Bishop of the diocese of Lugazi on Saturday 3 January 2015, by Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, the Archbishop of Kampala.