Church of Uganda | |
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Abbreviation | CofU |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Anglican |
Scripture | Holy Bible |
Theology | Anglican doctrine |
Polity | Episcopal |
Primate | Stephen Kaziimba, Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala |
Associations | Anglican Communion, GAFCON, Global South |
Headquarters | Namirembe Hill, Kampala |
Territory | Uganda |
Members | ~11,000,000 (as of 2014) |
Official website | churchofuganda |
The Church of Uganda (C/U) is a member province of the Anglican Communion. Currently there are 37 dioceses which 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]
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