Diocese of

Masaka

Uganda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Masaka / Masakaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kampala

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1939.05.25: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Masaka / Masakaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda)
1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Masaka / Masakaën(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rubaga and became suffragan of Rubaga)
1966.08.05: Became suffragan of Kampala

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.04.16 – ...):

Bishop Serverus Jjumba (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Masaka (Roman Rite)

Bishop Serverus Jjumba (62)
(2019.04.16 – ...)

Bishop of Masaka (Uganda)

Nos autem prædicamus Christum crucifixum

Born:	1962.08.02 (Katinnyondo-Kyannamukaala, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1992.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.07.06

Priest of Masaka (Uganda) (1992.06.20 – 2019.04.16)

Bishop of Masaka (Uganda) (2019.04.16 – ...)

Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa
(1998.01.10 – 2019.04.16)

Omnia propter evangelium profer lumen cæcis

Born:	1943.03.23 (Bulenga, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.06.24
Died:	2021.01.20 (Kampala, Uganda † 77)

Coadjutor Bishop of Masaka (Uganda) (1994.12.19 – 1998.01.10)

Bishop of Masaka (Uganda) (1998.01.10 – 2019.04.16)

Bishop Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu
(1961.11.11 – 1998.01.10)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:	1923.07.15 (Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1952.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.03.18
Died:	2009.12.30 († 86)

Bishop of Masaka (Uganda) (1961.11.11 – 1998.01.10)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (1977 – 1982)

Bishop Joseph Kiwánuka, M. Afr. (later Archbishop)
(1953.03.25 – 1960.12.20)

Born:	1899.06.25
Ordained Priest:	1929.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.10.29
Died:	1966.02.22 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Thibica (1939.05.25 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Masaka (Uganda) (1939.05.25 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Masaka (Uganda) (1953.03.25 – 1960.12.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rubaga (Uganda) (1960.12.20 – 1966.02.22)

Vicars Apostolic of Masaka (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Kiwánuka, M. Afr. (later Archbishop)
(1939.05.25 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa (1994.12.19 – 1998.01.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo (1988.12.15 – 1992.03.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of Sorrows Cathedral, Masaka, Masaka, Central

Mbarara (←), Kiyinda–Mityana (↑), Kampala (↗), Bukoba (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,199 km²

Population: 1,130,420 Catholics (61.3% of 1,844,044 total)

Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes

Personnel: 283 priests (diocesan), 746 religious (108 brothers, 638 sisters), 146 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.03.17

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