Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu

Archdiocese of Gulu Archidioecesis Guluensis
St Joseph's Cathedral, Gulu, seen from the road to St. Jude's
Location
Country	Uganda
Statistics
Area	27,945 km2 (10,790 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	1,798,823 1,034,169 (57.5%)
Parishes	29
Information
Denomination	Catholicism
Established	June 12, 1923 (1923-06-12)
Secular priests	65
Metropolitan Archbishop	Raphael p'Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. (designate) John Baptist Odama (emeritus)
Suffragans	Aura, Lira, Nebbi

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

History

• 1923.06.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nilo Equatoriale from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal in Sudan
• 1934.12.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nilo Equatoriale
• 1950.12.01: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Gulu
• 1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Gulu
• 1999.01.02: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gulu

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the St. Joseph's Cathedral in Gulu.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Prefect Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Antonio Vignato, M.C.C.I. (1923.07.16 – 1933)
• Vicar Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Angelo Negri, M.C.C.I. (1934.12.10 – 1949.11.13)
• Vicar Apostolic of Gulu (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. (1950.12.01 – 1953.03.25 see below)
• Bishops of Gulu (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19)
  • Bishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire (1968.12.19 – 1990)
• Bishops of Gulu (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Martin Luluga (1990.02.08 – 1999.01.02), appointed Bishop of Nebbi
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Gulu (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop John Baptist Odama (since 1999.01.02)^[1]

Auxiliary Bishops

• Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire (1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Hoima; later returned here as Bishop
• Martin Luluga (1986-1990), appointed Bishop here
• Sabino Ocan Odoki (2006-2010), appointed Bishop of Arua

Suffragan Dioceses

• Arua
• Lira
• Nebbi

See also

• Catholic Church in Uganda
• List of Catholic dioceses in Uganda
• Gulu
• Kalongo Hospital

References

Sources

• Catholic Hierarchy

External links

• GCatholic.org: Archdiocese of Gulu
• Catholic Hierarchy.org: Archdiocese of Gulu

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This page was last edited on 30 May 2024, at 21:24