Diocese of

Kabale

Uganda Uganda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kabale / Kabalen(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mbarara

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.03.15 – ...):Bishop Callistus Rubaramira (75)Bishop Callistus Rubaramira (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kabale (Roman Rite)

Bishop Callistus Rubaramira (75)Bishop Callistus Rubaramira (75)
(2003.03.15 – ...)

Bishop 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 – ...)

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 († 89)

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

Bishop of Kabale (Uganda) (1996.01.11 – 2003.03.15)

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

Pastor bonus

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

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

Ruhengeri (↙), Goma (↙), Mbarara (β†—), Byumba (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,330 kmΒ²

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

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