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The Catholic Diocese of Kiyinda Mityana has been chosen to lead the 2016 Uganda Martyrs day celebrations.
The announcement was made at the first yearly plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops in Uganda that was held in Kampala from 4th to 11thJune, 2015. The meeting usually gives the Bishops, who come from the 19 Catholic Dioceses country-wide, the chance to share time together and discuss all aspects of the Catholic Church in Uganda.
The Archbishop of Tororo, Most Rev. Emmanuel Obbo said that the ordinary plenary is usually held twice a year in the months of June and November. “We always meet in those months to discuss many things including issues of the conference among other things,” Archbishop Obbo said shortly after the plenary ended.
During the week-long convention, the bishops also evaluated the just concluded 2015 Uganda Martyrs celebration that was led by the Diocese of Lira on June 3rd at Namugongo Shrines.
At the end of the plenary, the Archbishop of Gulu who is also Chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, Most Rev. John Baptists Odama issued a message of good will to the Muslims to wish them a happy Ramadhan.
The Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, H.E Michael August Blume and His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala also attended the plenary meeting.
The Diocese of Kiyinda–Mityana is found in Kampala Ecclesiastical Province and presently comprises of 25 parishes. The first bishop was Bishop Emmanuel Wamala, now His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala, who was consecrated a Bishop on the same day of the inauguration of the Diocese on November 22, 1988.
On September 10, 1988, Bishop Wamala was appointed Co-adjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala and was replaced by Bishop Joseph Mukwaya who was auxiliary Bishop of Kampala Archdiocese. Bishop Mukwaya received a co-Adjutor Bishop, Msgr. Joseph Antony Zziwa who was consecrated a Bishop on March 16, 2002. Bishop Zziwa was appointed as Ordinary of the Diocese becoming the third Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana on October 23, 2004. Bishop Mukwaya died in 2008.
Source: Jacinta W. Odongo, Media Officer, Uganda Episcopal Conference
