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History

* 1923.06.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nilo Equatoriale from the

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* 1934.12.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nilo Equatoriale * 1950.12.01: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Gulu * 1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Gulu * 1999.01.02: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gulu

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Gulu.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Prefect Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale (Roman rite) ** Fr. Antonio Vignato, M.C.C.I. (1923.07.16 – 1933) * Vicar Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale (Roman rite) ** Bishop

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, M.C.C.I. (1934.12.10 – 1949.11.13) * Vicar Apostolic of Gulu (Roman rite) ** Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. (1950.12.01 – 1953.03.25 ''see below'') *

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s of Gulu (Roman rite) ** Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. (''see above'' 1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19) ** Bishop

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Auxiliary Bishops

(1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Hoima; later returned here as Bishop *

(1986-1990), appointed Bishop here *

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Suffragan Dioceses

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References

Sources

Catholic Hierarchy

External links

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu ( la, Guluen(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Gulu in Uganda. History * 1923.06.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nilo Equatoriale from the Apostolic Vicariate o ...

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