Diocese of Kiyinda–Mityana
Kiyindaën(sis)-Mityanaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kiyinda–Mityana, Uganda
The Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana is a Latin Church diocese in central Uganda established on 17 July 1981 from the Archdiocese of Kampala, to which it is suffragan. It has been led by Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa since 2004.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 July 1981
- Latin
- Kiyindaën(sis)-Mityanaën(sis)
- Patron
- St. Noa Mawaggali
- Annuario code
- 001001874
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 657,860
- Population
- 1,701,370
- Catholic share
- 38.7%
- Priests
- 147
- Catholics per priest
- 4,475
- Extent
- 11,965 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 55
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
- Joseph Anthony Zziwa
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
St. Noa Mawaggali Cathedral stands in Kiyinda–Mityana, 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 Kasana–LuweeroKasana–Luweero
- Diocese of LugaziLugazi
- Diocese of MasakaMasaka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala in Uganda, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana (Latin: Kiyindaën(sis)-Mityanaën(sis)) serves the Catholic faithful of the cities of Kiyinda and Mityana. At 11,965 square kilometres (4,620 sq mi), it ranks among the largest dioceses by area in the Kampala Ecclesiastical Province.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- P.O. Box 175, Mityana, Uganda
- Telephone
- 772.586.784; 772.450.182
- [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].