Anglican dioceses of Northern Uganda Last updated June 19, 2025 Diocese of Northern Uganda 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 . [ 1]
Bishops of Northern Uganda
Diocese of Madi—West NileErected from Northern Uganda diocese in 1969; See at Emmanuel Cathedral, Mvara (near Arua ). [ 8]
Bishops of Madi—West NileDiocese of Lango Erected from Northern Uganda, 1976; [ 19] Lira Cathedral.
Diocese of Nebbi Created in 1993 from the Diocese of Madi—West Nile; St Stephen's Cathedral, Goli .
Diocese of Kitgum Created in 1995 from Northern Uganda diocese; the See is Kitgum , where stands All Saints' Cathedral.
Diocese of North Karamoja Christ Church Cathedral, Kotido is the mother church of this diocese, erected from Karamoja in 2007.
Bishops of North Karamoja Diocese of West Lango Split from Lango diocese, 2014; St Peter's Cathedral, Aduku .
References ↑ Uganda Radio Network, 10 August 2009 — New Bishop of Diocese of Northern Uganda Elected (Accessed 18 February 2020) 1 2 Facebook: History In Progress Uganda (photograph) ↑ "Over-angry reactions on Uganda?" . Church Times . No. 5951. 4 March 1977. p. 20. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via UK Press Online archives. ↑ Ward, Kevin. “'The Armies of the Lord': Christianity, Rebels and the State in Northern Uganda, 1986-1999.” Journal of Religion in Africa , vol. 31, no. 2, 2001, pp. 187–221. (JSTOR ; accessed 17 February 2020) 9 –10 1 2 Diocese of Northern Uganda — A miracle has happened (Accessed 17 February 2020) ↑ New Vision, 19 August 2009 — Gakumba rises from orphanhood to bishop (Accessed 17 February 2020) ↑ Diocese of Northern Uganda — commemorative programme, 20 December 2010 to Nov 20 2021 Bishop Johnson Gakumba (Accessed 17 February 2020) ↑ Daily Monitor, 14 November 2016 — Arua gets new bishop (Accessed 18 February 2020) ↑ Episcopal News Service, 24 March 1977 — New Archbishop Elected in Uganda (Accessed 17 February 2020) 1 2 3 4 West Nile Web, 17 December 2019 — The good, bad and ugly; how Madi and west Nile diocese has evolved over 50 years (Accessed 17 February 2020) 1 2 "New Anglican Bishop for Madi West Nile Diocese" . ↑ Aileen Ngu (11 January 2006). "Consecration of Bishop Joel Obetia and Assistant Bishop Sandy Millar, 27 November 2005" . Global South Anglican Online . Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. ↑ West Nile Web, 26 February 2018 — Bishop Collins Andaku – one year in office (Accessed 18 February 2020) ↑ "Gazette: deaths" . Church Times . No. 8003. 5 August 2016. p. 28. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via UK Press Online archives. 1 2 "3 new bishops for Uganda" . Church Times . No. 5892. 16 January 1976. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 January 2020 – via UK Press Online archives. ↑ "Bishop Herd in car accident" . Church Times . No. 6066. 18 May 1979. p. 5. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via UK Press Online archives. ↑ The Living Church , Vol. 182, #11, 22 March 1981 p. 26: Uganda Chooses White Bishop 1 2 Church of Uganda — Archbishop's Charge to 19th Provincial Assembly, 26–29 August 2008 Archived 18 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 18 February 2020) ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p 661: London, OUP , 1983 ISBN 978-0192000101 ↑ "Bishop Odurkami: My Reign Was Tainted by Hatred" . 1 2 "Kumi Diocese's Bishop Thomas Edison Irigei abdicates to the Archbishop | Church of Uganda" . ↑ "2002 events" . oremus.org . Retrieved 13 August 2023 . ↑ "Former Kitgum Bishop Dead" .
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