Diocese of Soroti
Sorotien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Soroti, Uganda
The Diocese of Soroti is a Latin Church see in eastern Uganda, erected on 29 March 1981 from the Diocese of Tororo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tororo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 November 1980
- Latin
- Sorotien(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001003095
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 887,000
- Population
- 1,373,000
- Catholic share
- 64.6%
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 11,228
- Extent
- 12,920 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 69
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 Eciru Oliach
- Born
- 11 August 1970
- Birthplace
- Soroti
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
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Soroti stands in Soroti, 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 JinjaJinja
- Diocese of KotidoKotido
- Diocese of MorotoMoroto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Soroti in Uganda gives its name and seat to this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Sorotien(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Tororo.
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].