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Mbarara Archdiocese

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Bishop Ordinary

Most Rev. Lambert Bainomugisha was born 12 July 1961 at Kashumba, Bukanga, Buhungiro Parish in Isingiro District. He was ordained Priest on 13 July 1991 at Nyamitanga Cathedral.

On 2 July 2005 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Mbarara also Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana. He was ordained to the episcopate on 1 October 2005 by Archbishop Bakyenga at Nyamitanga Cathedral.

On 13 November 2009 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Administrator “sedes plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of Hoima Diocese, until a new Bishop of Hoima was appointed and Ordained on 29 February 2016. Bishop Lambert then returned to the Archdiocese of Mbarara to fully continue his duties as Auxiliary.

On 25 April 2020, Bishop Lambert was appointed Archbishop of Mbarara and was installed on 20 June 2020 at Nyamitanga Cathedral.

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CATHOLIC POPULATION

45

PARISHES

228

DIOCESAN PRIESTS

1634

Catechists

In the year 1900 Bishop Streicher, Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate of North Nyanza, sent two White Father Missionaries (Missionaries of Africa) to South Western Uganda to explore the possibility of introducing Catholicism. These were Fr. Lebros and Bro. Hermann Kock.

The two approached Nkore, the present geographical area which is now Mbarara Archdiocese, through Kooki, in Masaka Diocese. Joseph Rutebemberwa, one of the pioneer catechists led them. A son of that catechist, Msgr. Thomas Bishanga, became the second priest of Mbarara, having been ordained in 1944.

On arrival of the missionaries, Kahaya II, the then King of Karo-Karungi gave Nyamitanga Hill to them to set up their quarters and chapel. This later became the seat and foundation of their mission and is presently the Diocesan Centre of Mbarara Archdiocese.

In 1909, Fr. Borrel opened Rugazi mission, now Rugazi Parish. In the same year, Fathers Letohic and Lefleur opened Rushoroza mission in Kabale, Kigezi. In October 1912, Fathers Bringuier, Nicolet and Bro. Tobie Kizza, the first African Brother to join the White Fathers, opened Ibanda Mission. In 1919 Fr. Lefleur founded Kitabi Mission.

About the Diocese

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Nyamitanga Cathedral - Archdiocese of Mbarara

Welcome to the Archdiocese of Mbarara! Find on this website information about the history of the diocese, its bishops (the Ordinary, his Auxiliary, bishop Emeritus), the main functions in the diocese, diocesan statistics, religious communities of men and women with their respective addresses, other institutions including seminaries, catechetical centre, hospitals and health centres, parishes, centres with resident priests, diocesan and religious priests with their dates of ordination

ADDRESS
c/o Archbishop’s Office
P. O. Box 184, Mbarara – Uganda
Land Line : 039-324-9265 / Mobile 256-772-694224
Website : http//www.archdioceseofmbarara.org.ug
E-mail Address : archdiocesembarara@gmail.com,
lambertbmugisha@gmail.com

About UEC

The Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) is the organization comprising all the Catholic bishops of Uganda who are working in unity to ensure the fulfillment of the mission of the Church in the country. The Conference is headquartered in Nsambya, Kampala, and it acts as an umbrella body coordinating the pastoral work of 19 dioceses in Uganda.

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