Suffragan diocese Fort Portal, Uganda
Diocese of Fort Portal
Arcis Portal
Latin Church
The Diocese of Fort Portal is a Latin Church see in western Uganda, erected in 1961, with its seat on Virika Hill below the Rwenzori Mountains. It is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbarara and has been led by Bishop Robert Muhiirwa since 2003.
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- Established
- 1961
- Catholics
- 1,036,458
- Priests
- 132
- Territory
- 13,553 km²
Parishes and churches
33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Virika Cathedral, Our Lady of SnowsVirika Cathedral · CathedralView parish
- Biguli, St. Peter’s the ApostleBiguliView parish
- Bisozi: Holy Trinity ParishBisoziView parish
- Bugombwa, Annunciation of our LadyBugombwaView parish
- Bukwali, Our Lady of SorrowsBukwaliView parish
- Butiiti, Our Lady of SalvationButiitiView parish
- Butunduuzi, Sts. Peter and PaulButunduuziView parish
- Hapuuyo, Our Lady of AssumptionHapuuyoView parish
- Iborooga, St. John the BaptistIboroogaView parish
- Kagoma, St. Anatoli KirigwajjoKagomaView parish
- Kahunge, St. MichaelKahungeView parish
- Kakabara, St. Andrea KaahwaKakabaraView parish
- Kanyabakope, St. Adolf Tibeyalirwa Holy CrossKanyabakopeView parish
- Kanyamukale, Centenary ParishKanyamukaleView parish
- Kasule, St. Matia MulumbaKasuleView parish
- Katoosa, St. Adolf Ludigo TibeyalirwaKatoosaView parish
- Kazingo, St. Mary’sKazingoView parish
- Kicuucu, Our Lady of FatimaKicuucuView parish
- Kicwamba, St. Charles LwangaKicwambaView parish
- Kijuraneema, St. Joachim and AnnaKijuraneemaView parish
- Kitagwenda, Holy TrinityKitagwendaView parish
- Kitumbi, Christ the KingKitumbiView parish
- Kyamatanga, St. JosephKyamatangaView parish
- Kyarusozi, St. Jude Thaddeus Holy Cross ParishKyarusoziView parish
- Mabira, Assumption of Our ladyMabiraView parish
- Mpara, St. Andrew the ApostleMparaView parish
- Nyahuka, Padre PioNyahukaView parish
- Nyakasura, St. Joseph Mukasa BalikudembeNyakasuraView parish
- Rwebisengo, St. JosephRwebisengoView parish
- Rwimi, St. Francis of AssisiRwimiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Robert Muhiirwa
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul stands in Fort Portal, 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
Uganda's Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal (Latin: Arcis Portal) is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- Christians hold fundraising for St. Charles Catholic Church
- Fort Portal Diocese celebrates Diocesan Social Communications Day
- Fort Portal Diocese ordains 6 priests, 4 deacons
Filed by our own wire from published sources. Read the wire.