Church of Uganda

Church of Uganda
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	13,311,801 (2024)
Official website	churchofuganda.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] As of the 2024 census, 29% of Ugandans, or 13,311,801 people, identified with the Church of Uganda.^[3] 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.^[4]