Diocese of Kabale, Uganda 🇺🇬

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kabale / Kabalen(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mbarara

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ruhengeri (↙), Goma (↙), Mbarara (↗), Byumba (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1966.02.01: Established as Diocese of Kabale / Kabalen(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mbarara and became suffragan of Rubaga)
1966.08.05: Became suffragan of Kinshasa
1999.01.02: Became suffragan of Mbarara

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.07.15 – ...):

Bishop Bonaventure Bosco Gubazire, M. Afr. (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kabale (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bonaventure Bosco Gubazire, M. Afr. (52)
(2026.07.15 – ...)

Bishop of Kabale (Uganda)

In caritate evangelium prædicare

Born:	1974.03.03 (Kitumba, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	2003.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2026.10.03

Bishop of Kabale (Uganda) (2026.07.15 – ...)

Bishop Callistus Rubaramira (76)
(2003.03.15 – 2026.07.15)

Bishop emeritus of Kabale (Uganda)

Father may your kingdom come

Born:	1950.02.08 (Rubira Kyanamira, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1975.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.06.08

Priest of Kabale (Uganda) (1975.05.18 – 2003.03.15)

Bishop of Kabale (Uganda) (2003.03.15 – 2026.07.15)

Bishop Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr.
(1996.01.11 – 2003.03.15)

Born:	1927.01.22 (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1954.01.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.03.09
Died:	2016.06.29 (Sherbrooke, QC, Canada † 89)

Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (1980 – 1986)

Apostolic Administrator of Kabale (Uganda) (1994.07.15 – 1996.01.11)

Bishop of Kabale (Uganda) (1996.01.11 – 2003.03.15)

Fr. Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1994.07.15 – 1996.01.11)

Bishop Barnabas R. Halem ’Imana
(1969.05.29 – 1994.07.15)

Pastor bonus

Born:	1929 (Rulangara, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1958.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.01
Died:	2016.01.03 (Kampala, Uganda † 86)

Priest of Mbarara (Uganda) (1958.12.07 – 1966.02.01)

Priest of Kabale (Uganda) (1966.02.01 – 1969.05.29)

Bishop of Kabale (Uganda) (1969.05.29 – 1994.07.15)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (1982 – 1986)

Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 1966.02.01 – 1969.05.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of Good Shepherd Cathedral, Kabale, Kabale, Western

Ruhengeri (↙), Goma (↙), Mbarara (↗), Byumba (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,330 km²

Population: 989,100 Catholics (49.2% of 2,010,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes, 184 missions

Personnel: 132 priests (121 diocesan, 11 religious), 271 religious (71 brothers, 200 sisters), 65 seminarians