Kasana Luweero Diocese

Kasana Luweero Diocese




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Bishop Ordinary

Rt. Rev. Lawrence Mukasa was born on 14.3.1957 at Nabwiri in Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese. He was ordained priest on 24 June 1984 by the then Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana Emmanuel Wamala at Mwera Parish.

He was appointed as the Bishop of Kasana-Luweero Diocese on 29th April 2023.

He was consecrated as Bishop on 5th August 2023 at Kasana-Luweero by Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere of Kampala, assisted by Archbishop Luigi Bianco the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda and Bishop Antony Zziwa the Chairman of UEC and Bishop of Kiyinda Mityana.

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CATHOLIC POPULATION

20

PARISHES

74

DIOCESAN PRIESTS

476

Catechists

Welcome to the diocese of Kasana-Luweero! Find on this website information about the history of the diocese, its bishop, 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

About the Diocese

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Our Lady Queen Of Peace Cathedral - Diocese of Kasana-Luweero

The Diocese of Kasana-Luweero was erected on 16th December 1996. Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was its first Ordinary. Kasana-Luweero Diocese was erected on the 30th November 1996 by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.

He detached it from the former Archdiocese of Kampala. It covers an area of 8,539 km and comprises of three Civic Districts of Luweero, Nakaseke and Nakasongola. On the 1st March, 1997 the Diocese was officially inaugurated and on the same day His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala ordained Msgr. Cyprian K. Lwanga, the first Bishop of this Diocese.

After the transfer of Rt. Rev. Bishop Cyprian K. Lwanga to Kampala Archdiocese as new Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese, the Diocese was put under the Diocesan Administration of Msgr. Matthias Kanyerezi until His Holiness Pope Benedixt XVI appointed its second Bishop the Rt. Rev. Paul Ssemogerere.

Bishop’s House
P.O. Box 303, LUWEERO
Tel: 0414-610196
Fax: +256-0414-610130
Website : www.kasanaluweerodiocese.com
E-mail: kld@africaonline.co.ug

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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