Diocese of Lugazi, Uganda

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Lugazi / Lugasien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kampala

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1996.11.30: Established as Diocese of Lugazi / Lugasien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kampala and became suffragan of Kampala)

Bishop (2014.11.04 – ...):

Bishop Christopher Kakooza (72)

Bishops of Lugazi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Christopher Kakooza (72)
(2014.11.04 – ...)

Bishop of Lugazi (Uganda)

Priest of Kampala (Uganda) (1983.06.03 – 1999.01.02)

Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia (1999.01.02 – 2014.11.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala (Uganda) (1999.01.02 – 2014.11.04)

Bishop of Lugazi (Uganda) (2014.11.04 – ...)

Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya (88)
(1996.11.30 – 2014.11.04)

Bishop emeritus of Lugazi (Uganda)

Priest of Kampala (Uganda) (1965.12.19 – 1985.03.09)

Titular Bishop of Iziriana (1985.03.09 – 1996.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala (Uganda) (1985.03.09 – 1996.11.30)

Bishop of Lugazi (Uganda) (1996.11.30 – 2014.11.04)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (2006 – 2010)

Area: 4,595 km²

Population: 980,984 Catholics (48.3% of 2,029,718 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 99 priests (84 diocesan, 15 religious), 227 religious (43 brothers, 184 sisters), 62 seminarians