Diocese of Soroti, Uganda

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Soroti / Sorotien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tororo

1980.11.29: Established as Diocese of Soroti / Sorotien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tororo and became suffragan of Kampala)
1999.01.02: Became suffragan of Tororo

Bishop (2019.03.19 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Eciru Oliach (54)

Bishops of Soroti (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Eciru Oliach (54)
(2019.03.19 – ...)

Bishop of Soroti (Uganda)

Priest of Soroti (Uganda) (2003.08.09 – 2019.03.19)

Bishop of Soroti (Uganda) (2019.03.19 – ...)

Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.01.02 – 2019.03.19)

Bishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. (72) (later Archbishop)
(2007.06.27 – 2014.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tororo (Uganda)

Bishop of Soroti (Uganda) (2007.06.27 – 2014.01.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Soroti (Uganda) (2014.01.02 – 2019.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tororo (Uganda) (2014.01.02 – ...)

Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera
(1980.11.29 – 2007.06.27)

Bishop of Soroti (Uganda) (1980.11.29 – 2007.06.27)

Lira (↖), Moroto (↗), Tororo (↘)

Area: 12,921 km²

Population: 1,470,840 Catholics (39.5% of 3,727,880 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 79 priests (diocesan), 96 religious (34 brothers, 62 sisters), 51 seminarians