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Diocese of Kabale

Dioecesis Kabalena



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Bishop(s)

  • Callistus Rubaramira, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1 February 1966
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mbarara
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Uganda
  • Square Kilometers: 5,330 (2,058 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.kabalediocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 200, Kabale, Uganda
  • Telephone: 782.552.202

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1 February 1966ErectedDiocese of Mbarara (Kigezi) Diocese of Kabale (erected)
2 January 1999Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Kabale (from Kampala)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1970207,081642,21632.2%2031514,060376014ap1971
1980269,204800,00033.7%3813515,278156416ap1981
1990439,000984,00044.6%6611775,7011910124ap1991
1999585,0001,200,00048.8%95111065,518159828ap2000
2000595,0001,440,00041.3%95121075,5601616028ap2001
2001606,9001,468,80041.3%8512976,2561616428ap2002
2002619,0381,498,17641.3%8513986,3161918428ap2003
2003641,2701,305,00149.1%7711887,2871717428ap2004
2004693,5301,541,17645.0%7613897,792756328ap2005
2006703,7811,564,30545.0%8010907,819509828ap2007
2011758,8711,676,79445.3%10091096,962668529ap2012
2013789,1321,723,71645.8%94131077,375717630ap2014
2016827,1221,800,36045.9%99121117,451871833ap2017
2019877,3451,921,16045.7%105141197,372841833ap2020
2021995,0001,992,40049.9%11291218,2236934ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 565, and Page 566
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 91, Page 334, and Page 335

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