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Diocese of Soroti

Dioecesis Sorotiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Joseph Eciru Oliach, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 November 1980
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tororo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Uganda
  • Square Kilometers: 12,921 (4,990 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://www.soroticatholicdiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 650, Soroti, Uganda
  • Telephone: (045)44.61.506
  • Fax: 44.63.468

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 November 1980ErectedDiocese of Tororo (Soroti and Kumi) Diocese of Soroti (erected)
2 January 1999Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Soroti (from Kampala)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990240,0001,035,00023.2%1814327,500153517ap1991
1999864,0001,332,25664.9%3684419,63685318ap2000
2000864,5001,338,87264.6%3684419,64784719ap2001
2001865,8991,339,14064.7%3584320,13784519ap2002
2002866,0001,340,00064.6%3384121,12184719ap2003
2003887,0001,373,00064.6%3644022,17544819ap2004
2004887,0001,373,00064.6%3564121,63464319ap2005
20101,115,0001,619,00068.9%4555022,30055821ap2011
20141,101,7891,858,00059.3%5045420,40344621ap2015
20171,530,0003,394,63745.1%6236523,53834026ap2018
20201,495,1003,604,00041.5%7427619,67225626ap2021

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 73, Page 221, and Page 222
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 91, Page 409, and Page 410

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