Diocese of Hoima, Uganda 🇺🇬

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hoima / Hoiman(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mbarara

Neighbouring Dioceses: Fort Portal (↙), Gulu (↑), Lira (↗), Kasana–Luweero (→), Kiyinda–Mityana (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1965.08.09: Established as Diocese of Hoima / Hoiman(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rubaga and Diocese of Fort Portal and became suffragan of Rubaga)
1966.08.05: Became suffragan of Kinshasa
1999.01.02: Became suffragan of Mbarara

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.11.30 – ...):

Bishop Vincent Kirabo Amooti (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hoima (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincent Kirabo Amooti (70)
(2015.11.30 – ...)

Bishop of Hoima (Uganda)

Stay with us Lord

Born:	1955.10.01 (Kyanaisoke, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1979.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.28

Priest of Hoima (Uganda) (1979.09.09 – 2015.11.30)

Bishop of Hoima (Uganda) (2015.11.30 – ...)

Bishop Lambert Bainomugisha (64) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.11 – 2015.11.30)

Bishop Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire
(1991.03.09 – 2014.02.08)

Amor et pax

Born:	1941.10.09 (Karujubu-Masindi, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1969.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.08.18
Died:	2014.02.08 († 72)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hoima (Uganda) (1990.05.21 – 1991.03.09)

Bishop of Hoima (Uganda) (1991.03.09 – 2014.02.08)

Bishop Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki
(1969.07.07 – 1991.03.09)

Born:	1930.02.25 (Masindi, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1958.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.01
Died:	2023.04.05 (Kampala, Uganda † 93)

Priest of Fort Portal (Uganda) (1958.12.07 – 1969.07.07)

Bishop of Hoima (Uganda) (1969.07.07 – 1991.03.09)

Bishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire
(1965.08.09 – 1968.12.19)

Born:	1918.03.19 (Hoima, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1951.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.03.24
Died:	1990.11.01 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Maura (1962.11.12 – 1964.01.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gulu (Uganda) (1962.11.12 – 1964.01.20)

Military Vicar of Uganda (Uganda) (1964.01.20 – 1985)

Bishop of Hoima (Uganda) (1965.08.09 – 1968.12.19)

Bishop of Gulu (Uganda) (1968.12.19 – 1988.01.10)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire (1990.05.21 – 1991.03.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Hoima, Hoima, Western

Fort Portal (↙), Gulu (↑), Lira (↗), Kasana–Luweero (→), Kiyinda–Mityana (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 17,200 km²

Population: 1,227,330 Catholics (51.8% of 2,367,780 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes

Personnel: 190 priests (diocesan), 141 religious (141 sisters), 76 seminarians