Metropolitan see Tororo, Uganda
Archdiocese of Tororo
Tororoën(sis)
Latin Church
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
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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.
- St. John The Baptist Parish, ChelekuraChelekuraView parish
- St. John The Baptist Parish, PallisaPallisaView parish
- St. Joseph Parish, BukwoBukwoView parish
- St. Joseph Parish, MulandaMulandaView parish
- St. Jude Parish, MalabaMalabaView parish
- St. Jude Parish, OsiaOsiaView parish
- St. Jude Thadeus Parish, BusiaBusiaView parish
- St. Kizito Parish, PayaPayaView parish
- St. Martha Parish, NamwayaNamwayaView parish
- St. Micheal Parish, KaproronKaproronView parish
- St. Padre Pio Parish, SironkoSironkoView parish
- St. Paul Parish, BusitemaBusitemaView parish
- St. Peter Claver Parish, MuyumbeMuyumbeView parish
- St. Theresa Parish, AchiletAchiletView parish
- St. Wilbrod Parish, NagongeraNagongeraView parish
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.