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The first diocese to be erected in this area was that called simply the Diocese of Northern Uganda, which was split from the Diocese on the Upper Nile in 1961. Today the mother church is St Philip's Cathedral, Gulu .
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.
Erected from the Diocese of Uganda in 1926. In 1954, four archdeaconries were created: West Nile; Lango and Acholi; Teso and Karamoja; and Mbale; there was an Archdeacon of Elgon until that point. [1] By 1953, St Phillip the Evangelist, Ngora was a pro-cathedral of the diocese; [2] it later became a
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 Diocese of Rwenzori was erected when the Diocese of Uganda split in five in 1960; Erica Sabiti became its first diocesan bishop, having served since earlier that year as suffragan bishop (in the Uganda diocese) for the Toro-Bunyoro-Mboga area.
Pages in category "Anglican bishops of Northern Uganda" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
Remelia Ringtho (b 21 October 1929) [1] was an Anglican bishop in Uganda. [2] Ringtho was educated at Buwalasi Theological College and ordained in 1963. He served in the Diocese of Northern Uganda. [3] He was consecrated an Assistant Bishop of Madi-West Nile in 1976, and its Diocesan in 1977. He retired in 1987.