Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotido
Encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotido is a diocese
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Tororo in Uganda
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Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Tororo in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
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Leadership
- Bishops of Kotido (Roman rite)
- Bishop Giuseppe Filippi (since December 21, 2009)
- Archbishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote (1991.05.20 – 2007.06.27)