Archdiocese of Gulu Archidioecesis Guluensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Uganda |
Statistics | |
Area | 27,945 km2 (10,790 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 1,798,823 1,034,169 (57.5%) |
Parishes | 29 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholicism |
Established | June 12, 1923 |
Secular priests | 65 |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Raphael p'Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. (designate) John Baptist Odama (emeritus) |
Suffragans | Aura, Lira, Nebbi |
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