Church of Uganda
The Church of Uganda 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.
| Church of Uganda | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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, down from 36.7% at the 2002 census. 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.