Anglican dioceses of Northern Uganda

Last updated

The Anglican dioceses of Northern Uganda are the Anglican presence in (roughly) the Northern Region, Uganda; they are part of the Church of Uganda. The remaining dioceses of the Church are in the areas of Buganda, of Eastern Uganda, of Ankole and Kigezi, and of Rwenzori.

Contents

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 Nile

Emmanuel Cathedral, Mvara Inside the Emmanuel Cathedral, Mvara.jpg
Emmanuel Cathedral, Mvara

Erected from Northern Uganda diocese in 1969; See at Emmanuel Cathedral, Mvara (near Arua). [8]

Bishops of Madi—West Nile

Diocese of Karamoja

Split in 1976 from the Diocese of Soroti; St Philip's Cathedral, Moroto.

Bishops of Karamoja

Diocese of Lango

Erected from Northern Uganda, 1976; [19] Lira Cathedral.

Bishops of Lango

Diocese of Nebbi

Created in 1993 from the Diocese of Madi—West Nile; St Stephen's Cathedral, Goli.

Bishops of Nebbi

Diocese of Kitgum

Created in 1995 from Northern Uganda diocese; the See is Kitgum, where stands All Saints' Cathedral.

Bishops of Kitgum

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.

Bishops of West Lango

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Janani Luwum</span> Ugandan archbishop (1922 - 1977)

Janani Jakaliya Luwum was the archbishop of the Church of Uganda from 1974 to 1977 and one of the most influential leaders of the modern church in Africa. He was arrested in February 1977 and died shortly after. Although the official account describes a car crash, it is generally accepted that he was murdered on the orders of then-President Idi Amin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of Uganda</span> Member province of the Anglican Communion

The Church of Uganda is a member province of the Anglican Communion. Currently there are 37 dioceses which make up the Church of Uganda, each headed by a bishop.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican Bishop of Southwark</span> Diocesan bishop in the Church of England

The Bishop of Southwark is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark in the Province of Canterbury.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea</span> Province of the Anglican Communion

The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea is a province of the Anglican Communion. It was created in 1977 when the Province of Papua New Guinea became independent from the Province of Queensland in the Church of England in Australia following Papua New Guinea's independence in 1975.

The Anglican dioceses of Buganda are the Anglican presence in the Central Region, Uganda ; they are part of the Church of Uganda. The remaining dioceses of the Church are in the areas of Eastern Uganda, of Northern Uganda, of Ankole and Kigezi, and of Rwenzori.

The Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi is a province of the Anglican Communion, located in East Africa between Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, and the Congo. The Archbishop and Primate of Burundi is Sixbert Macumi.

The Anglican Church of Rwanda is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 13 dioceses in Rwanda. The primate of the province is Laurent Mbanda, consecrated on 10 June 2018.

The Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo is a province of the Anglican Communion, stretching over the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.

Leslie Wilfrid Brown was Bishop of Uganda then Bishop of Namirembe and Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, before returning to the UK and later serving as Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

The Anglican ecclesiastical province of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi was formed in 1961 following the division of the diocese of Uganda the previous year. Prior to 1980, the province included Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga, in what was then the country of Zaire. 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: As of June 2012, the Church of Uganda is divided into 34 dioceses and is under the Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala.

Samuel Sindamuka was the first Primate of the Anglican Church of Burundi, then called the Episcopal Church of Burundi, entitled in French Église Episcopale du Burundi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Namirembe Cathedral</span>

Saint Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, commonly referred to as Namirembe Cathedral, is the oldest 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. Between 1919 and 1967, the Cathedral served as the provincial cathedral of the Church of Uganda, Anglican Communion. In the 1960s, the headquarters of the Church of Uganda moved to All Saints Church in Nakasero then moved back to Namirembe later.

The archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe are senior clergy of the Church of England Diocese in Europe. They each have responsibility over their own archdeaconry, of which there are currently seven, each of which is composed of one or more deaneries, which are composed in turn of chaplaincies.

The Anglican dioceses of Eastern Uganda are the Anglican presence in (roughly) the Eastern Region, Uganda; they are part of the Church of Uganda. The remaining dioceses of the Church are in the areas of Buganda, of Northern Uganda, of Ankole and Kigezi, and of Rwenzori.

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.

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.

Lucian Charles Usher-Wilson CBE was a British Anglican bishop who served in Uganda during the mid-20th century and afterwards in England.

Geresom Ilukor (1935–2013) was an Anglican bishop in Uganda.

Silvanus Goi Wani (1915–1998) was an Anglican archbishop who served in Uganda.

The Anglican dioceses of Burundi are the Anglican presence in Burundi; together they form the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi. The Anglican churches of the area were under the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury until 1965, when the Province of Uganda and Ruanda-Urundi was created; Burundi was then part of the Province of Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaire from 1980 until its own church province was erected in 1992.

References

  1. ↑ Uganda Radio Network, 10 August 2009 — New Bishop of Diocese of Northern Uganda Elected (Accessed 18 February 2020)
  2. 1 2 Facebok: History In Progress Uganda (photograph)
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. 1 2 Diocese of Northern Uganda — A miracle has happened (Accessed 17 February 2020)
  6. ↑ New Vision, 19 August 2009 — Gakumba rises from orphanhood to bishop (Accessed 17 February 2020)
  7. ↑ Diocese of Northern Uganda — commemorative programme, 20 December 2010 to Nov 20 2021 Bishop Johnson Gakumba (Accessed 17 February 2020)
  8. ↑ Daily Monitor, 14 November 2016 — Arua gets new bishop (Accessed 18 February 2020)
  9. ↑ Episcopal News Service, 24 March 1977 — New Archbishop Elected in Uganda (Accessed 17 February 2020)
  10. 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)
  11. 1 2 "New Anglican Bishop for Madi West Nile Diocese".
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ West Nile Web, 26 February 2018 — Bishop Collins Andaku – one year in office (Accessed 18 February 2020)
  14. ↑ "Gazette: deaths" . Church Times . No. 8003. 5 August 2016. p. 28. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 18 February 2020– via UK Press Online archives.
  15. 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.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ The Living Church, Vol. 182, #11, 22 March 1981 p. 26: Uganda Chooses White Bishop
  18. 1 2 Church of Uganda — Archbishop's Charge to 19th Provincial Assembly, 26–29 August 2008 (Accessed 18 February 2020)
  19. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p 661: London, OUP, 1983 ISBN   978-0192000101
  20. ↑ "Bishop Odurkami: My Reign Was Tainted by Hatred".
  21. 1 2 "Kumi Diocese's Bishop Thomas Edison Irigei abdicates to the Archbishop | Church of Uganda".
  22. ↑ http://www.oremus.org/acp/2002.txt [ bare URL plain text file ]
  23. ↑ "Former Kitgum Bishop Dead".
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.