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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo (Latin: Tororoën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical provinceofTororoinUganda.
Archidioecesis Tororoensis
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Country | ![]() |
Deaneries | 12 |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,837 km2 (3,412 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 4,120,065 999,750 (24.3%) |
Parishes | 46 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholicism |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman |
Established | July 13, 1894 (1894-07-13) |
Cathedral | Uganda Martyrs’ Cathedral, Tororo |
Secular priests | 109 |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. |
Suffragans | Jinja, Kotido, Moroto, Soroti |
Vicar General | Christopher Emuseet |
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![]() Location of the archdiocese within Uganda |
On January 2, 2014, it was announced that the Bishop of Soroti, Uganda, Emmanuel Obbo, had been named by Pope Francis to be the new Archbishop of Tororo.[1]
The seat of the archbishop is the Uganda Martyrs’ Cathedral in Tororo.
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