The Archdiocese of Kampala is the

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Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and R ...

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History

The present Kampala Archdiocese is the result of territorial changes: * Victoria Nyanza Vicariate (1883). It was established by the Holy See in 1883 and was entrusted to the Missionaries of Africa commonly known as the White Fathers. Rubaga became the seat of the Bishop. * Upper Nile Vicariate (1894). On July 13, 1894, the Holy See erected the Upper Nile Vicariate dividing it from Victoria Nyanza Vicariate and entrusted it to the Mill Hill Missionaries. Nsambya became the seat of the Bishop. The name of Vicariate Nyanza Vicariate was also changed to Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza. * Vicariate of Uganda (1915). After the erection of vicariates in territories beyond the Nile on the southern side, the name of Northern Victoria Nyanza Vicariate became the Vicariate of Uganda on January 15, 1915. * Vicariate of Kampala. On June 10, 1948, the name of Upper Nile Vicariate was changed to the Vicariate of Kampala which later became the diocese of Kampala in 1953. * Archdiocese of Rubaga (1953-1966). The Catholic hierarchy in Uganda was established on March 25, 1953. The former Vicariates of Uganda became the dioceses of Uganda. Rubaga became the Archdiocese with 5 suffragan dioceses namely: Gulu, Masaka, Kampala, Mbarara and Tororo * Archdiocese of Kampala (1966-). On August 5, 1966, the Holy See joined together what was part the Diocese of Kampala and the Archdiocese of Rubaga and created the Archdiocese of Kampala. It was covering most parts of Central Uganda. Since then, three other new dioceses have been carved out of it: Kiyinda-Mityana (July 17, 1981), Kasana-Luweero (December 16, 1996) and Lugazi (December 16, 1996).

Statistics

* Apostolic Administrator: Rt. Rev. Paul Ssemogerere * Size: 3.644.75 square km * Total Population: 3,592,053 * Catholic Population: 1,505,053 (42%) * Parishes: 67 * Sub-stations (sub-parishes) 389 * Number of Priests: 324 * Diocesan Priests: 261 * Priests belonging to Religious Inst. 63 * Professed non-Priest Religious: 186 * Professed Women Religious 410 * Catechists 428 * Number of Seminarians (major): 173 * Catholic Universities 1 * Vocational Institutions 5 * Catholic-Founded Secondary schools 45 * Catholic-Founded Primary Schools 222 * Catholic Hospitals 4 * Health Centers and Dispensaries 20

Lubaga

When the Catholic White Fathers came calling in 1879, they were allocated land near Lubaga Hill. In 1889, the reigning monarch,

Mwanga II of Buganda Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa (1868 – 8 May 1903)D. A. Low''Fabrication of Empire: The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902'' Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 210, note 196. was Kabaka of Buganda from 1884 until 1888 and fro ...

, donated them land on Lubaga Hill itself where they built Saint Mary's Cathedral Rubaga, beginning in 1914 until 1925, with the assistance of monetary contributions from Roman Catholic congregations abroad. The early missionaries had problems pronouncing the word

Lubaga Lubaga is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It comes from the Luganda word ''okubaga'', describing a process of "planning" or "strengthening" a structure while constructing it. For example, ''okubaga ekisenge'' means to stre ...

. They instead pronounced it with an "r" as in Rubaga. In Luganda, there is no word that starts with an "R". (Other Bantu languages from western Uganda and the African Great Lakes Area have words starting with "R".) Later, the missionaries built a hospital and a nursing school on the hill. Today, Lubaga remains the seat of the headquarters of the Catholic Church in Uganda. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala. The remains of the first African Catholic bishop in Uganda, Bishop Joseph Nakabaale Kiwanuka and those of the first African Catholic Cardinal, Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga are kept in the Catholic Mission on the hill.

Church landmarks

* St. Mary's Cathedral Lubaga * Administrative centre of the Kampala Archdiocese * Residence of the Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese * Lubaga Hospital: A 300-bed community hospital administered by the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala * Lubaga Nurses School * Pope Paul VI Memorial Community Center * Headquarters of Lubaga Division: One of the five administrative divisions of the city of Kampala. * Lubaga Campus of

Uganda Martyrs University Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) is a private University affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church in Uganda. The University is owned by the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Uganda. It is licensed by the Uganda National Council fo ...

, whose main campus is at Nkozi in Mpigi District. *

Kisubi Mapeera Secondary School Kisubi Mapeera Secondary School is a secondary school in Kampala, Uganda. The school gets its name from a tent peg which the missionary, Père Simon Lourdel M.Afr. (known as Fr. Mapera) turned into a tree. "Mapeera" is the Baganda rendition of "M ...

Special churches

The seat of the Archbishop is Saint Mary's Cathedral in

Lubaga Division Rubaga Division, also Lubaga Division, is one of the divisions that makes up the city of Kampala, Uganda. The division takes its name from Rubaga, where the division headquarters are located. Location Rubaga Division lies in the western part of ...

, in western

. There two Minor Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, at

Namugongo Namugongo is a township in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Namugongo is in Kyaliwajjala Ward, in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, approximately north-east of Uganda's capital Kampala. The township is bordered by Nsasa to the north, ...

Wakiso District Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters. Kira, the country's second largest city and suburb of Kampala, is ...

and

Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine The Munyonyo Martyrs’ Shrine is a Roman Catholic shrine and Minor Basilica dedicated to the Ugandan Martyrs. Location The church is located at Munyonyo, Kampala, in Central Uganda. Munyonyo is located approximately , by road, south of the ...

. Other important churches in the Archdiocese include (a) ''Lady of Africa Church'' in

Mbuya Mbuya is a hill in southeastern Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The hill rises above sea level. The name also applies to the upscale residential neighborhood that sits on that hill, as well as the government military installations locate ...

and the ''Former Cathedral of Saint Peter'' at

Nsambya Nsambya is a hill in the center of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. The name also refers to the upscale and middle-class neighborhoods that have been developed on the hill and its slopes. Location Nsambya is located approximate ...

Bishops

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza * Bishop Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr.: 1883-1889 * Bishop

Jean-Joseph Hirth John Joseph Hirth (french: Jean-Joseph Hirth; 26 March 1854 – 6 January 1931) was a Catholic Bishop in German East Africa, known as the founder of the church in Rwanda. Early years John Joseph Hirth was born on 26 March 1854 at Spechbach-le-B ...

, M. Afr.: 1889-1894, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Southern Victoria Nyanza *

Antonin Guillermain Antonin Guillermain (1 January 1861 – 14 July 1896) was a Catholic missionary who was Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nyanza in what is now Uganda from January 1895 until his death in July 1896. Early years Antonin Guillermain was born on 1 J ...

, M. Afr. † (12 Jan 1895 Appointed - 14 Jul 1896 Died) Vicars Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza * Bishop Henri Streicher, M.Afr.: 1897-1915 ''see below'' Vicars Apostolic of Uganda * Bishop

Henri Streicher Henri Streicher (29 July 1863 – 7 June 1952) was a Roman Catholic missionary bishop who served as Vicar Apostolic of Uganda from 1897 to 1933. Early years Henri Streicher was born on 29 July 1863 in Wasselonne, France. On 23 September 1887 ...

, M.Afr.: ''see above'' 1915-1933 * Bishop Edouard Michaud, M.Afr.: 1933-1945 * Bishop Louis Joseph Cabana, M.Afr.: 1947-1953 ''see below'' Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubaga * Archbishop

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, M.Afr.: ''see above'' 1953-1960 * Archbishop

Joseph Kiwánuka Joseph Kiwánuka, MAfr (June 25, 1899—February 22, 1966) was a Ugandan prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rubaga from 1960 until his death. Biography Joseph Kiwánuka was born in Nakirebe, Mpigi District, to Cathol ...

, M.Afr.: 1960-1966 Metropolitan Archbishops of Kampala * Archbishop

Emmanuel Nsubuga Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga (5 November 1914 – 20 April 1991) was the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala from 1966 to 1990 and a cardinal from 1976 until his death. He was an opponent of human rights abuses of the military dictatorsh ...

: 1966 - 1990 (Cardinal in 1976) * Archbishop

Emmanuel Wamala Emmanuel Wamala (born 15 December 1926) is a Ugandan cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and former Archbishop of Kampala from 1990 to 2006. He is currently serving as the Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Ugo, appointed in 1994. Priesthood Wamala ...

: 1990 - 2006 (Cardinal in 1994) * Archbishop

Cyprian Kizito Lwanga Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (19 January 1953 – 3 April 2021) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic Prelate who served as Archbishop of Kampala from 2006 to his death. From 1996 to 2006, he served as Bishop of Kasana–Luweero. Background and education ...

: 2006–2021 *Archbishop Paul Ssemwogerere: 2021 - To date

Coadjutors

* Jean Forbes, M. Afr., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic (1917-1926), died without succeeding to see * Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr., Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic (1932-1933) *

, Coadjutor Archbishop (1988-1990), future Cardinal

Auxiliary Bishops

* Christopher Kakooza (1999-2014), appointed Bishop of Lugazi *

Joseph Mukwaya Joseph Mukwaya (26 September 1930 – 5 September 2008), was a Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana, from 21 June 1988 until his resignation, on health grounds, on 23 Octobe ...

(1982-1988), appointed Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana * Matthias Ssekamaanya (1985-1996), appointed Bishop of Lugazi

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Augustine Kasujja, appointed nuncio and titular archbishop in 1998 * Paul Ssemogerere, appointed Bishop of Kasana-Luweero in 2008

Suffragan dioceses

References

Sources

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External links

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Organisations based in Kampala 1915 establishments in Uganda