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Metropolitan see Tororo, Uganda

Archdiocese of Tororo

Tororoën(sis)

The Archdiocese of Tororo is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in eastern Uganda, originating as the Apostolic Vicariate of the Upper Nile in 1894 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1999. It is led by Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo and has four suffragan dioceses.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Uganda Martyrs' Cathedral, Tororo, in Tororo, Uganda.

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Established
1894
Catholics
999,750
Priests
109
Territory
8,837 km²

Parishes and churches

45 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Emmanuel Obbo
Born
7 October 1952
Birthplace
Nagoke

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The cathedral

Uganda Martyrs' Cathedral, Tororo stands in Tororo, 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.

History

Uganda's ecclesiastical province of Tororo has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo (Latin: Tororoën(sis)). It was announced on January 2, 2014 that Pope Francis had named Emmanuel Obbo, then Bishop of Soroti, Uganda, as the new Archbishop of Tororo.