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.
- St. John Paul II ParishAruaView parish
- Tara - St. Andrew Apostle of the Cross ParishTaraView parish
- Vurra - Mary Immaculate Catholic ParishVurraView parish
- Yivu Sub ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Yoro - St. Francis of Asisi ParishYoroView parish
- Yumbe - Mary, Queen of Heaven ParishYumbeView 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.