Suffragan diocese Arua, Uganda
Diocese of Arua
Aruaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Arua is a Latin Rite see in northwestern Uganda, erected in 1958 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gulu. Its cathedral is the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lodonga.
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- Established
- 1958
- Catholics
- 670,000
- Priests
- 163
- Territory
- 10,561 km²
Parishes and churches
66 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Arua City - Christ the King ParishArua City · CathedralView parish
- Addu - St. Kizito Catholic ParishAdduView parish
- Adjumani - Sacred Heart of Jesus ParishAdjumaniView parish
- Adumi - Sacred Heart of Jesus ParishAdumiView parish
- Ajia - Guardian Angel ParishAjiaView parish
- Aripea - St. Peter Claver ParishAripeaView parish
- Arivu - Mary, Mother of the Church ParishArivuView parish
- Dufile - St. Matthew ParishDufileView parish
- Dzaipi - St. Peter ParishDzaipiView parish
- Ediofe Cathedral - Sacred Heart of JesusEdiofe CathedralView parish
- Enyau - St. Peter and Paul ParishEnyauView parish
- Eremi Sub-ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Eruba - Sacred Heart of Jesus ParishErubaView parish
- Etele - St. Daniel Comboni ParishEteleView parish
- Ezoo - St. KizitoEzooView parish
- Indriani - Holy Cross Sub-ParishIndrianiView parish
- Kamaka - Our Lady of Consolata Catholic ParishKamakaView parish
- Katrini - St. Martha Sub-ParishKatriniView parish
- Kaya - Our Lady of Lourdes ParishKayaView parish
- Kijomoro - Holy Trinity ParishKijomoroView parish
- Koboko - Our Lady of Fatima ParishKobokoView parish
- Kureku - St. Joseph the Worker ParishKurekuView parish
- Laropi - Holy Trinity ParishLaropiView parish
- Lazebu - Sts. Peter and Paul Sub-ParishLazebuView parish
- Lefori - St. John Bosco Sub-ParishLeforiView parish
- Lima - Immaculate Heart of Mary ParishLimaView parish
- Loa - Our Lady of Assumption Sub-ParishLoaView parish
- Lodonga - Mary, Sultana of Africa ParishLodongaView parish
- Logiri - Holy Rosary ParishLogiriView parish
- Logo'ba ParishTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sabino Ocan Odoki
- Born
- 8 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Gulu
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The cathedral
Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lodonga stands in Arua, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In Uganda's ecclesiastical province of Gulu, the city of Arua gives its name to this Catholic diocese (Latin: Aruaën(sis)). After Bishop Frederick Drandua resigned, Pope Benedict XVI on 19 August 2009 named Sabino Ocan Odoki, Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu, as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese until a substantive bishop could be appointed. On October 20, 2010 Odoki was himself named ordinary Bishop.