Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbarara, Uganda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Mbarara / Mbararaën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Fort Portal, Hoima, Kabale, Kasese

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.05.28: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ruwenzori / de Ruwenzori (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda)
1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Mbarara / Mbararaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Rubaga)
1961.02.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Fort Portal
1966.02.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kabale
1966.08.05: Became suffragan of Kampala
1999.01.02: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbarara / Mbararaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Fort Portal, Hoima, Kabale and Kasese)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.04.25 – ...):

Archbishop Lambert Bainomugisha (63)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Mbarara (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Lambert Bainomugisha (63)
(2020.04.25 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbarara (Uganda)

Thy kingdom come

Born:	1961.07.12 (Kashumba, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1991.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.01

Priest of Mbarara (Uganda) (1991.07.13 – 2005.07.02)

Titular Bishop of Tacia montana (2005.07.02 – 2020.04.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda) (2005.07.02 – 2020.04.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Hoima (Uganda) (2009.11 – 2015.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbarara (Uganda) (2020.04.25 – ...)

Archbishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga
(1999.01.02 – 2020.04.25)

Stay with us Lord

Born:	1944.06.30 (Bumbaire-Igara, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.06.24
Died:	2023.07.18 (Nsambya, Uganda † 79)

Priest of Mbarara (Uganda) (1971.07.11 – 1989.03.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda) (1989.03.06 – 1991.11.23)

Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda) (1991.11.23 – 1999.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbarara (Uganda) (1999.01.02 – 2020.04.25)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (2002 – 2006)

Bishops of Mbarara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga (later Archbishop)
(1991.11.23 – 1999.01.02)

(see above)

Bishop John Baptist Kakubi
(1969.06.26 – 1991.11.23)

Born:	1929.09.23 (Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.01
Died:	2016.02.11 († 86)

Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda) (1969.06.26 – 1991.11.23)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (1975 – 1977)

Bishop Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr.
(1956.12.11 – 1968.11.25)

Born:	1910.05.12 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1935.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.03.23
Died:	2000.07.10 († 90)

Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda) (1956.12.11 – 1968.11.25)

Titular Bishop of Thuccabora (1968.11.25 – 1976.10.20)

Bishop François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr.
(1953.03.25 – 1956.04.20)

In Domino confido

Born:	1885.01.26 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1913.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.07.25
Died:	1970.03.15 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Vulturia (1934.05.28 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Ruwenzori (Uganda) (1934.05.28 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda) (1953.03.25 – 1956.04.20)

Titular Bishop of Amadassa (1956.04.20 – 1970.03.15)

Vicars Apostolic of Ruwenzori (Roman Rite)

Bishop François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr.
(1934.05.28 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga (later Archbishop) (1989.03.06 – 1991.11.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lambert Bainomugisha (63) (later Archbishop) (2005.07.02 – 2020.04.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral, Mbarara, Mbarara, Western

Byumba (↙), Kabale (←), Kasese (↖), Fort Portal (↑), Masaka (→), Bukoba (↘), Kayanga (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,980 km²

Population: 1,401,552 Catholics (36.8% of 3,810,248 total)

Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes, 30 missions

Personnel: 214 priests (178 diocesan, 36 religious), 500 religious (73 brothers, 427 sisters), 121 seminarians