Diocese of Kiyinda–Mityana, Uganda 🇺🇬

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kiyinda–Mityana / Kiyindaën(sis)–Mityanaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kampala

Neighbouring Dioceses: Fort Portal (←), Hoima (↖), Kasana–Luweero (↗), Kampala (↘), Masaka (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1981.07.17: Established as Diocese of Kiyinda–Mityana / Kiyindaën(sis)–Mityanaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kampala and became suffragan of Kampala)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.10.23 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa (70)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kiyinda–Mityana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa (70)
(2004.10.23 – ...)

Bishop of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda)
President of Uganda Episcopal Conference

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1956.02.16 (Mubende, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1980.11.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.03.16

Priest of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda) (1980.11.16 – 2001.11.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda) (2001.11.19 – 2004.10.23)

Bishop of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda) (2004.10.23 – ...)

Vice-President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (2010? – 2018.11.14)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (2018.11.14 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Mukwaya
(1988.06.21 – 2004.10.23)

To love, serve and unite

Born:	1930.09.26 (Kiwangula, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1960.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.10.31
Died:	2008.09.05 († 77)

Priest of Kampala (Uganda) (1960.12.18 – 1982.09.10)

Titular Bishop of Ubaba (1982.09.10 – 1988.06.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala (Uganda) (1982.09.10 – 1988.06.21)

Bishop of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda) (1988.06.21 – 2004.10.23)

Bishop Emmanuel Wamala (99) (later Cardinal)
(1981.07.17 – 1988.06.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ugo
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kampala (Uganda)

In te Domine speravi

Born:	1926.12.15 (Kamaggwa, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.11.22
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26

Priest of Masaka (Uganda) (1957.12.21 – 1981.07.17)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1977.05.25 – 1977.05.25)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1977.05.25 – 1981.07.17)

Bishop of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda) (1981.07.17 – 1988.06.21)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (1986 – 1994)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Kampala (Uganda) (1988.06.21 – 1990.02.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kampala (Uganda) (1990.02.08 – 2006.08.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ugo (1994.11.26 – ...)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa (70) (2001.11.19 – 2004.10.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Noa Mawaggali Cathedral, Mityana, Mityana, Central

Fort Portal (←), Hoima (↖), Kasana–Luweero (↗), Kampala (↘), Masaka (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,965 km²

Population: 657,860 Catholics (38.7% of 1,701,370 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 147 priests (139 diocesan, 8 religious), 162 religious (38 brothers, 124 sisters), 60 seminarians