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| Church of Uganda | |
|---|---|
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| Abbreviation | CofU |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Anglican |
| Scripture | Protestant 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 |
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] In 2020, a peer-reviwed study found that the Church of Uganda may be the largest province of the Anglican Communion as measured by those actively identifying as Anglicans (but not by baptized membership) or 10.9 million Anglicans.[5][6]
- ^ Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).
- ^ "2014 Uganda Population and Housing Census – Main Report" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2024" (PDF). Ugandan Bureau of Statistics. December 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ McKinnon, Andrew (2020). "Demography of Anglicans in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimating the Population of Anglicans in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda". Journal of Anglican Studies. 18 (1): 42–60. doi:10.1017/S1740355320000170. hdl:2164/14774. ISSN 1740-3553.
- ^ McKinnon, Andrew (2020). "Demography of Anglicans in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimating the Population of Anglicans in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda" (PDF). University of Aberdeen.