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The Church of Uganda (C/U) is a member province of the Anglican Communion.Currently, there are 37 dioceses that make up the Church of Uganda, each headed by a bishop.. Each diocese is divided into archdeaconries, each headed by a senior priest known as an archdeacon.
The first Anglican church structure in what is now Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania was the Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa, which was erected in June 1884. The first bishop was James Hannington , who made the diocesan headquarters at Mombasa , but he was assassinated (martyred) on 8 February 1886.
The Anglican dioceses of Ankole and Kigezi are the Anglican presence in (roughly) the ancient Ankole kingdom and the old Kigezi District; they are part of the Church of Uganda. The remaining dioceses of the church are in the areas of Buganda, of Eastern Uganda, of Northern Uganda, and of Rwenzori.
By 1953, St Phillip the Evangelist, Ngora was a pro-cathedral of the diocese; [2] it later became a full cathedral of successor dioceses. In preparation for the creation of the independent church province , the diocese was split in three parts in 1961: Teso and Karamoja became Soroti diocese; the Northern Province the Diocese of Northern Uganda ...
The Anglican ecclesiastical province of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi was formed in 1961 following the division of the diocese of Uganda the previous year. In 1960, the Diocese of Uganda was separated and in 1961 the smaller dioceses made a separate Province, under the Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
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The Anglican dioceses of Rwenzori are the Anglican presence in (roughly) the areas near the Rwenzori mountains; they are part of the Church of Uganda. The remaining dioceses of the Church are in the areas of Buganda, of Eastern Uganda, of Northern Uganda, and of Ankole and Kigezi.
Saint Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, commonly and locally (Uganda) referred to as Namirembe Cathedral, is the oldest Anglican cathedral in Uganda.It serves as the provincial cathedral of the Anglican Church of Uganda and the diocesan cathedral for Namirembe Diocese, the first diocese to be founded in the Church of Uganda province in 1890. [1]