Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo (

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 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
    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

References

External links

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile .

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Tororo archdiocese

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