The Archdiocese of Kampala is the Metropolitan See for the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda.

History

The present Kampala Archdiocese is the result of territorial changes:

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Lubaga

When the Catholic White Fathers came to Lubaga in 1879, they were allocated land near Lubaga Hill. In 1889, the reigning monarch Mwanga II of Buganda, donated them land on Lubaga Hill itself where they built Saint Mary's Cathedral Rubaga, beginning in 1914 until 1925, with the assistance of monetary contributions from Roman Catholic congregations abroad. The early missionaries had problems pronouncing the word Lubaga. They instead pronounced it with an "r" as in Rubaga. In Luganda, there is no word that starts with an "R". (Other Bantu languages from western Uganda and the African Great Lakes Area have words starting with "R".) Later, the missionaries built a hospital and a nursing school on the hill. Today, Lubaga remains the seat of the headquarters of the Catholic Church in Uganda. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala. The remains of the first African Catholic bishop in Uganda, Bishop Joseph Nakabaale Kiwanuka and those of the first African Catholic Cardinal, Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga are kept in the Catholic Mission on the hill.

Church landmarks

Special churches

The seat of the Archbishop is Saint Mary's Cathedral in Lubaga Division, in western Kampala. There are two Minor Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, at Namugongo in Wakiso District and Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine. Other important churches in the Archdiocese include (a) Lady of Africa Church in Mbuya and the Former Cathedral of Saint Peter at Nsambya.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza Vicars Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza Vicars Apostolic of Uganda Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubaga Metropolitan Archbishops of Kampala

Coadjutors

Auxiliary Bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Suffragan dioceses

• Kasana–Luweero • Kiyinda–Mityana • Lugazi • Masaka

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