Diocese of Jinja
Gingian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jinja, Uganda
The Diocese of Jinja is a Latin rite see in eastern Uganda, established in 1966 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tororo. Following the death of Bishop Charles Martin Wamika in October 2025, Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo of Tororo serves as Apostolic Administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 August 1966
- Latin
- Gingian(us)
- Patron
- san Matías Mulumba Kalemba
- Annuario code
- 001001744
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 960,100
- Priests
- 149
- Catholics per priest
- 6,444
- Extent
- 8,917 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 108
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Charles Martin Wamika
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Jinja stands in Jinja, 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 Tororo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tororo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TororoTororo
- Diocese of KotidoKotido
- Diocese of MorotoMoroto
- Diocese of SorotiSoroti
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].