- Source: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo
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.
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)
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
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy
Tororo archdiocese
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo
- Tororo
- List of Catholic archdioceses
- List of Catholic dioceses in Uganda
- Emmanuel Obbo
- Denis Kiwanuka Lote
- John Reesinck
- James Odongo
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala
- Tororo Priory
