Diocese of

Jinja

Uganda Uganda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jinja / Gingian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tororo

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.10.29 – ...):Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. (73)Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tororo (Uganda)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jinja (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. (73)Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. (73)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.10.29 – ...)

Bishop Charles Martin Wamika
(2010.03.02 – 2025.10.22)

May they be one

Born:1953.08.12 (Budaka, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:1979.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1994.02.19
Died:2025.10.22 (Lubaga, Uganda † 72)

Priest of Tororo (Uganda) (1979.09.22 – 1993.10.18)

Titular Bishop of TacapΓ¦ (1993.10.18 – 2010.03.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo (Uganda) (1993.10.18 – 2010.03.02)

Bishop of Jinja (Uganda) (2010.03.02 – 2025.10.22)

Bishop Joseph Benard Willigers, M.H.M.
(1967.07.13 – 2010.03.02)

De petra melle

Born:1930.10.26 (Gronsveld, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1955.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:1967.12.03
Died:2012.09.30 († 81)

Bishop of Jinja (Uganda) (1967.07.13 – 2010.03.02)

Special Churches

Lugazi (←), Tororo (β†’)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,917 kmΒ²

Population: 960,100 Catholics (20.2% of 4,750,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 149 priests (87 diocesan, 62 religious), 719 religious (364 brothers, 355 sisters), 107 seminarians

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Last updated on 2025.11.23

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