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St. Mary's Seminary, Nadiket
Saint Mary's Seminary Nadiket, or more simply Nadiket Seminary, is a Catholic minor seminary located about from Moroto Town on the Moroto-Kitale road in Uganda. It trains young men from the dioceses of Kotido and Moroto for the Catholic priesthood Its foundation dates back to 1967 when the first Bishop of Moroto, Msgr. Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.I., saw a need to train local priests for the young diocese, which covered the whole Karamoja The Karamoja sub-region, commonly known as Karamoja, is a region in Uganda. It covers an area of 27,528km and comprises the Kotido District, Kaabong District, Karenga District, Nabilatuk District, Abim District, Moroto District, Napak D ... region. Students came from Namaalu to Karenga. Several of the Karamojong Catholic priests went through this institution, including Fr. Simon Lokodo of Karenga-Kapedo, later a member of the Uganda Parliament, Fr. Philip Lokel of Loyoro, and Fr. Lotuk Samuel from Karenga. The first graduate was ordained ...
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ...
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Minor Seminary
A minor seminary or high school seminary is a secondary day or boarding school created for the specific purpose of enrolling teenage boys who have expressed interest in becoming Priesthood (Catholic Church), Catholic priests. They are generally Catholic Church, Catholic institutions, and designed to prepare boys both academically and spiritually for vocations to the priesthood and religious (Catholicism), religious life. They emerged in cultures and societies where literacy was not universal, and the minor seminary was seen as a means to prepare younger boys in literacy for later entry into the major seminary. The minor seminary is no longer very familiar in the developed world. The Canon law (Catholic Church), 1917 Code of Canon Law described the purpose of minor seminaries as: "to take care especially to protect from the contagion of the world, to train in piety, to imbue with the rudiments of literary studies, and to foster in them the seed of a divine vocation". Suitable boy ...
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Moroto Town
Moroto is a town in Moroto District in the Northern Region, Uganda, Northern Region of Uganda. The town serves as the location of the district headquarters. Location Moroto is approximately east of Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is about , by road, northeast of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda. Moroto is located approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The geographical coordinates of Moroto Town are 2°31'48.0"N, 34°40'12.0"E (Latitude:2.5300; Longitude:34.6700). Moroto sits at an average elevation of above mean sea level. Population The 2002 national census estimated the population of Moroto at 7,380. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 11,600. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 12,300. In 2014, the national population census put the population of Moroto at 14,196. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-ye ...
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Kitale
Kitale is a town in the north west of Kenya, in the former Rift Valley province, between Mount Elgon and the Cherangany Hills. It has an elevation of around . Its population was as of 2019. It is the location of Kitale Airport. The National Museum of Western Kenya in Kitale is a natural history museum. Location Kitale lies between Mount Elgon and Cherang'any Hills is 72.3 km (44.9 mi) by road north west of Eldoret. History In 1920, Arthur Champion, the colonial district commissioner, established a new administrative centre in the Trans Nzoia region, at the future site of the township of Kitale. In 1930, locusts caused extensive damage to crops. Climate Kitale has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ...
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Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. , it has a population of 49.3 million, of whom 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda, Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south, including Kampala, and whose language Luganda is widely spoken; the official language is English. The region was populated by various ethnic groups, before Bantu and Nilotic groups arrived around 3,000 years ago. These groups established influential kingdoms such as the Empire of Kitara. The arrival of Arab trade ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Kotido
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotido (Latin: ''Diocese of Kotidoensis'') is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Tororo in Uganda, covering Kotido, Kaabong, Karenga, and Abim districts in the Karamoja sub-region.https://www.uecon.org/diocese/kotido-diocese Erected on May 20, 1991, by Pope John Paul II, it was separated from the Diocese of Moroto and operates under the Dicastery for Evangelization. The Good Shepherd Cathedral in Kotido, consecrated in 2014, serves as its principal church.https://www.combonimissionaries.org/uganda/kotido-diocese-history It is governed by Bishop Dominic Eibu , MCCI. History The diocese was established on May 20, 1991, from the Diocese of Moroto, which had encompassed Karamoja since its creation in 1965.https://www.ugandamartyrsshrine.org.ug/kotido/ Catholic evangelization in the region began in 1933 with Comboni Missionaries, initially under the Apostolic Prefecture of Gulu.https://www.uecon.org/kotido-diocese Covering 13,550 sq ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Moroto
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Moroto () is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Tororo in Uganda. History * March 22, 1965: Established as Diocese of Moroto from the Diocese of Gulu Leadership * Bishops of Moroto (Latin Church The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical ...) ** Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.I. (1967.06.12 – 1980) ** Bishop Paul Lokiru Kalanda (1980.11.29 – 1991.06.17) ** Bishop Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo (1992 – 2014) ** Bishop Damiano Giulio Guzzetti, M.C.C.I. (2014.05.24 - present) See also * Roman Catholicism in Uganda * Moroto References Sourcescatholic-hierarchy External links Roman Catholic dioceses in Uganda Christian organizations established in 1965 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th centur ...
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Priesthood In The Catholic Church
The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically, Bishop in the Catholic Church, bishops are a priestly order as well; however, in common English usage ''priest'' refers only to presbyters and pastors (parish priests). The church's doctrine also sometimes refers to all baptised members (inclusive of the laity) as the "priesthood of all believers#Catholic view, common priesthood", which can be confused with the minister of religion, ministerial priesthood of the ordained clergy. The church has different rules for priests in the Latin Church–the largest Catholic particular church–and in the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. Notably, priests in the Latin Church must take a vow of celibacy, whereas most Eastern Catholic Churches permit married men to be ordained. Deacons are male and usually belong to the diocesan clergy, but, unlike almost all Latin Church (Western Catholic) p ...
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Sisto Mazzoldi
Sisto can refer to: * San Sisto, "Saint Sixtus", dedication of several Italian churches * Sisto, character on ''The Brak Show'' * Jeremy Sisto, American actor * José Sisto, Spanish politician, Governor of Guam * Meadow Sisto, American actress * Pione Sisto, Ugandan-born Danish footballer of South Sudanese origin * Rocco Sisto Rocco Sisto (born February 18, 1953) is an Italian-American stage, film, television and voice actor. Early life Sisto was born on February 18, 1953, in Bari, and later moved to Addison, Illinois. He attended and graduated Addison Trail High Scho ..., Italian actor *Sister Sisto, a character from the animated series Solar Opposites {{disambig ...
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Comboni Missionaries Of The Heart Of Jesus
The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (), also known as the Comboni Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, or the Verona Fathers, and originally called the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (''Congregatio Filiorum S. Cordis Iesu''), is a Catholic clerical male religious congregation of pontifical right. History The congregation was founded on 1 June 1867 by Daniele Comboni, who was born into a humble family of laborers. Comboni entered the institute opened in Verona by Nicola Mazza for the education of the poor. Mazza's institute was also involved in the work of evangelization of the territories of Central Africa. In 1854, Comboni was ordained a priest, and on 14 February 1858, he settled in the Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa along with five missionary companions. The mission went poorly; the climate was harsh and the missionaries became ill. Some died within a few months, and in 1859 Comboni himself decided to leave Africa and return home.T. Agostoni, in M. Escob ...
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Karamoja
The Karamoja sub-region, commonly known as Karamoja, is a region in Uganda. It covers an area of 27,528km and comprises the Kotido District, Kaabong District, Karenga District, Nabilatuk District, Abim District, Moroto District, Napak District, Amudat District and Nakapiripirit District. The region is projected to have a population of 1.4 millions in 2022 by UBOS. Geography In 2011, the Karamoja sub-region was the site of an important fossil discovery. Paleontologists discovered the remains of '' Ugandapithecus major,'' a 20-million-year-old ancestor of present-day primates. "It is a highly important fossil and it will certainly put Uganda on the map in terms of the scientific world," said Martin Pickford, one of the researchers involved in the discovery. History The region was ruled by the British from 1916 to 1962. The famine that struck the region in 1980 was, in terms of mortality rates, one of the worst in history. 21% of the population died, including 60% of ...
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Loyoro, Uganda
Loyoro is a village in the Kaabong District of Uganda. It is in Kapedo Parish in Kapedo sub-county. Loyoro lies in an area of low, rocky hills, with badly eroded soil. There are dense thickets of acacia thorn with sansevieria and other succulents, making grazing difficult for the flocks and herds of the Dodoth people who live in the region. The community has a government-sponsored primary school. A 2009 study found widespread malnutrition. 56.9% of people were stunted and 45.1% underweight. More than 88.6% of the people were over from a health center. More than 90% used the bush rather than a latrine. Security is a concern throughout the Karamoja Cluster side of Uganda. On 4 December 2009 a large group of Jie warriors crossed Loyoro sub county towards Mount Morungole and raided a protected kraal. They clashed with the army, losing 50 dead while nine soldiers of the Uganda People's Defense Force The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resist ...
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