Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Uganda
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- 1204
- Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey
- 1742
- Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal vicars / suffragan bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
- 1760
- Aleppo [Lat.] (AV, detached from AV Constantinople) - Syria
- 1817
- Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus [Lat.] (AV, reestablished with new name, previously Aleppo) - Syria, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus
- 1839
- Abyssinia [Lat.] (AV, detached from Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) -Abyssinia
- 1846
- Sudan / Central Africa (AV, detached from Abyssinia AV) - Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon
- 1913
- Khartoum (AV, new name, previously Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Sudan
- 1913
- Bahr el-Ghazal (AP, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Sudan
- 1917
- Bahr el-Ghazal (AV) - Sudan
- 1880
- Nyanza (AV, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda
- 1883
- Victoria-Nyanza (AV, new name, previously Nyanza) - Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda
- 1894
- Northern Victoria-Nyanza (AV, new name, previously Victoria-Nyanza AV) - Uganda
- 1894
- Upper Nile (AV, detached from Victoria-Nyanza AV) - Uganda
- 1915
- Uganda (AV, new name, previously Northern Victoria-Nyanza) - Uganda
- 1923
- Equatorial Nile (AP, detached from Bahr el-Ghazal AV) - Uganda, Sudan
- 1934
- Equatorial Nile (AV) - Uganda
- 1934
- Ruwenzori (AV, detached from Uganda) - Uganda
- 1939
- Masaka (AV, detached from Uganda AV) - Uganda
- 1948
- Kampala (AV, detached from Upper Nile) - Uganda
- 1950
- Gulu (AV, new name, previously Equatorial Nile AV) - Uganda
- 1951
- Tororo (AV, new name, previously Upper Nile AV) - Uganda
- 1953
- Gulu - Uganda
- 1953
- Kampala - Uganda
- 1953
- Masaka - Uganda
- 1953
- Mbarara (D, and new name, previously Ruwenzori AV) - Uganda
- 1953
- Rubaga (Metr., new name, previously Uganda AV) - Uganda
- 1953
- Tororo - Uganda
- 1958
- Arua (detached from Gulu) - Uganda
- 1961
- Fort Portal (detached from Mbarara) - Uganda
- 1964
- Uganda (Mil.Ord.) - Uganda
- 1965
- Hoima (detached from Rubaga, and from Fort Portal) - Uganda
- 1965
- Moroto (detached from Gulu) - Uganda
- 1966
- Jinja (D, and new name, previously Kampala AV) - Uganda
- 1966
- Kampala (Metr., and new name, previously Metr. Rubaga, and including part of D. Kampala [both Rubaga and Kampala hat their sees in the City of Kampala]) - Uganda
- 1966
- Kabale (detached from Mbarara) - Uganda
- 1968
- Lira (detached from Gulu) - Uganda
- 1980
- Soroti (detached from Tororo) - Uganda
- 1981
- Kiyinda-Mityana (detached from Kampala) - Uganda
- 1989
- Kasese (detached from Fort Portal) - Uganda
- 1991
- Kotido (detached from Moroto) - Uganda
- 1996
- Kasana-Luweero (detached from Kampala) - Uganda
- 1996
- Lugazi (detached from Kampala) - Uganda
- 1996
- Nebbi (detached from Arua) - Uganda
- 1
- 999 Gulu (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Kampala) - Uganda
- 1999
- Mbarara (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Kampala) - Uganda
- 1999
- Tororo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Kampala) - Uganda