Diocese of Fort Portal
Arcis Portal
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fort Portal, Uganda
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 February 1961
- Latin
- Arcis Portal
- Annuario code
- 001001434
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,036,458
- Population
- 2,637,300
- Catholic share
- 39.3%
- Priests
- 132
- Catholics per priest
- 7,852
- Extent
- 13,553 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 76
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Robert Muhiirwa
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Mbarara
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mbarara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MbararaMbarara
- Diocese of HoimaHoima
- Diocese of KabaleKabale
- Diocese of KaseseKasese
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Uganda's Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal (Latin: Arcis Portal) is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].