Church of Uganda

Church of Uganda
AbbreviationCofU
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationAnglican
ScriptureHoly Bible
TheologyAnglican doctrine
PolityEpiscopal
PrimateStephen Kaziimba, Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala
AssociationsAnglican Communion, GAFCON, Global South
HeadquartersNamirembe Hill, Kampala
TerritoryUganda
Members~11,000,000 (as of 2014)
Official websitechurchofuganda.org

The Church of Uganda (C/U) is a member province of the Anglican Communion. Currently, there are 37 dioceses that make up the Church of Uganda, each headed by a bishop.

Each diocese is divided into archdeaconries, each headed by a senior priest known as an archdeacon. The archdeaconries are further subdivided into parishes, headed by a parish priest. Parishes are subdivided into sub-parishes, headed by lay readers. As of the 2014 census, 32% of Ugandans, or 10,941,268 people consider themselves affiliated with the church,[1] down from 36.7% at the 2002 census.[2] According to a peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Anglican Studies published in 2016 by the Cambridge University Press, the Church of Uganda has more than 8 million members, and approximately 795,000 active baptised members.[3]

  1. ^ Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).
  2. ^ "2014 Uganda Population and Housing Census – Main Report" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ^ Muñoz, Daniel (May 2016). "North to South: A Reappraisal of Anglican Communion Membership Figures". Journal of Anglican Studies. 14 (1): 71–95. doi:10.1017/S1740355315000212. ISSN 1740-3553.