Diocese of Kasana–Luweero
Kasan(us)-Luveerin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kasana–Luweero, Uganda
The Diocese of Kasana-Luweero is a Latin Rite diocese in central Uganda, erected in 1996 from the Archdiocese of Kampala and covering the Luweero, Nakaseke, and Nakasongola districts. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kampala.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 November 1996
- Latin
- Kasan(us)-Luveerin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001815
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 304,017
- Population
- 929,497
- Catholic share
- 32.7%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 3,663
- Extent
- 8,539 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Lawrence Mukasa
- Born
- 14 March 1957
- Birthplace
- Nabwiri
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
Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral stands in Kasana–Luweero, 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 Kampala
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kampala.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KampalaKampala
- Diocese of Kiyinda–MityanaKiyinda–Mityana
- Diocese of LugaziLugazi
- Diocese of MasakaMasaka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda stands the Diocese of Kasana-Luweero (Latin: Kasan(us)-Luveerin(us)), a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala. Its pastoral care extends to the Catholic faithful of the cities of Kasana and Luweero, across a territory of 8,539 square kilometres (3,297 sq mi).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- P.O. Box 303, Luweero, Uganda
- Telephone
- 771.638.939; 772.982.907
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].