Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu

Catholic archdiocese in Uganda

Archdiocese of Gulu Archidioecesis Guluensis

St Joseph's Cathedral, Gulu, seen from the road to St. Jude's
Location
Country	Uganda
Statistics
Area	27,945 km² (10,790 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	1,798,823 1,034,169 (57.5%)
Parishes	29
Information
Denomination	Catholicism
Established	June 12, 1923 (1923-06-12)
Secular priests	65
Metropolitan Archbishop	Raphael p'Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. (designate) John Baptist Odama (emeritus)
Suffragans	Aura, Lira, Nebbi

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu (Latin: Guluen(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gulu in Uganda.

History

1923.06.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nilo Equatoriale from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal in Sudan
1934.12.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nilo Equatoriale
1950.12.01: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Gulu
1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Gulu
1999.01.02: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gulu

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the St. Joseph's Cathedral in Gulu.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Prefect Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale (Roman rite)
- Fr. Antonio Vignato, M.C.C.I. (1923.07.16 – 1933)
Vicar Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale (Roman rite)
- Bishop Angelo Negri, M.C.C.I. (1934.12.10 – 1949.11.13)
Vicar Apostolic of Gulu (Roman rite)
- Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. (1950.12.01 – 1953.03.25 see below)
Bishops of Gulu (Roman rite)
- Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. (see above 1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19)
- Bishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire (1968.12.19 – 1990)
Bishops of Gulu (Roman rite)
- Bishop Martin Luluga (1990.02.08 – 1999.01.02), appointed Bishop of Nebbi
Metropolitan Archbishops of Gulu (Roman rite)
- Archbishop John Baptist Odama (since 1999.01.02)^[1]

Auxiliary Bishops

Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire (1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Hoima; later returned here as Bishop
Martin Luluga (1986-1990), appointed Bishop here
Sabino Ocan Odoki (2006-2010), appointed Bishop of Arua