The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo ( la, Tororoën(sis)) is the Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan Episcopal See, See for the Ecclesiastical province of Tororo in Uganda.
On January 2, 2014, it was announced that the Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti, Soroti, Uganda, Emmanuel Obbo, had been named by Pope Francis to be the new Archbishop of Tororo.
History
* July 13, 1894: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile from the Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza
* May 10, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tororo
* March 25, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Tororo
* January 2, 1999: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tororo
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Uganda Martyrs’ Cathedral in Tororo.
Leadership
* Metropolitan Archbishops of Tororo (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote (September 22, 2007 - January 2, 2014)
Denis Kiwanuka Lote Installed as Archbishop of Tororo Archdiocese on September 22, 2007
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** Archbishop James Odongo (January 2, 1999 - September 22, 2007)
* Bishops of Tororo (Roman rite)
** Archbishop James Odongo (August 19, 1968 – January 2, 1999)
** Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. (March 25, 1953 – August 17, 1968)
* Vicars Apostolic of Tororo (Roman rite)
** Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. (May 1, 1951 – March 25, 1953)
* Vicars Apostolic of Upper Nile (Roman rite)
** Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. (March 29, 1938 – March 1951)
** Bishop John William Campling, M.H.M. (May 13, 1925 – February 1938)
** Bishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. (April 27, 1912 – 1924)
** Bishop Henry Hanlon, M.H.M. (July 17, 1894 – November 17, 1911)
Suffragan Dioceses
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja, Jinja
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotido, Kotido
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Moroto, Moroto
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti, Soroti
See also
*Roman Catholicism in Uganda
*Tororo
References
External links
GCatholic.org
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Uganda
Religious organizations established in 1894
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
Tororo District
1894 establishments in Uganda
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tororo,
Roman Catholic archbishops of Tororo,