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Diocese of Moroto

Dioecesis Morotoensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Damiano Giulio Guzzetti, M.C.C.I., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 22 March 1965
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tororo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Uganda
  • Square Kilometers: 14,857 (5,738 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Diocese of Moroto, c/o Verona Fathers, P.O. Box 3872, Kampala; P.O. Box 46, Moroto, Uganda
  • Telephone: 750.076.816

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 March 1965ErectedDiocese of Gulu (Karamoja) Diocese of Moroto (erected)
20 May 1991Territory LostDiocese of Moroto (Kotido) Diocese of Kotido (erected)
2 January 1999Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Moroto (from Kampala)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197090,230298,08930.3%32322,819412810ap1971
1980151,395393,67938.5%532374,0911855315ap1981
1990183,066414,87544.1%1735523,5201008515ap1991
1999132,034272,38548.5%1624403,30035519ap2000
2000150,335276,59254.4%1423374,06334569ap2001
2001152,372362,79142.0%1323364,232315410ap2002
2002152,372362,79142.0%1521364,232275510ap2003
2003199,827370,00054.0%1523385,258285510ap2004
2004200,293370,00054.1%1523385,270345410ap2005
2013232,000475,00048.8%1420346,823505510ap2014
2016328,000520,00063.1%14142811,714385211ap2017
2019351,495600,00058.6%13142713,018406511ap2020
2021363,050608,00059.7%12172912,518436211ap2022

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 128, and Page 129
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 91, Page 409, and Page 410

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