Current State of the Cathedral under construction

Commisioning of lay Readers at St Peter's cathedral soroti

Ordination of Deacons at St peter's cathedral New church

St Andrew's Church Amuria Under Construction

Our background

Church of Uganda Soroti Diocese started in 1961, created out of the Upper Nile Diocese of the Anglican province of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire. It has since birthed Karamoja Diocese in 1972 and Kumi Diocese in 2001. It currently has 10 Archdeaconries and 70 Parishes, in eight Administrative Districts of Soroti, Serere, Kaberamaido, Kalaki, Amuria, Kapelebyong, Katakwi and Soroti City. It is one of the 38 Anglican Dioceses that currently constitute the Province of the Anglican Church in Uganda; between 40 and 50% of the total population in these Districts belong to the Anglican church. The Anglican Church in the Area covered by Soroti Diocese has founded over 276 primary schools, 31 Secondary Schools, 5 Technical schools, I Theological College and 12 Health Centres. The Church of Uganda – Soroti Diocese is led by a Bishop and has a team at the Secretariat of 130 staff in the six Departments of Missions, Lands and Estates, Education, Health, Planning and Development, and Finance and Administration, all of them answerable to the Diocesan Synod.

Our Vision

A faster growing and self-sustaining Christ centered church

Our Mission

To Evangelize, Train, and Equip all Christians both -the ordain and laity for ministry of preaching the Gospel to every generation, all section of society, winning souls for Christ.

Bishop's Message

I am Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo the 6th bishop of Church of Uganda Diocese of Soroti.The Diocese of Soroti was created in 1961 by the division of the Upper Nile Diocese. The bishops who have served before me are: Rt. Rev. Stephen Salongo Tomusange(1961-1964), Rt. Rev. Athanasius Maraka(1965-1975), Rt. Rev. Geresom Ilukor(1975-2001), Rt. Rev. Dr. Charles BernardObaikol Ebitu (2001-2009), and Rt. Rev. George William Erwau (2009-2018). We praise God for the ministry of these great men of God.

The Diocese of Soroti is located in Eastern Uganda and is 307.3 km from Kampala.

Our philosophy as taken from Galatians 6:9, “DO GOOD AND YOU WILL FEEL GOOD.” As a Diocese, we long to see the members of our Diocese doing good to all the members of the body of Christ and to see the whole Church feelinggood as they share fellowship as brothers and sisters in the Lord, who share one calling, one baptism, one Holy Spirit, and a shared hope of going to heaven.

We are committed to preaching the gospel as presented to us in the Holy Scriptures– the Bible. We are a rural Diocese, and being a rural Diocese, a majority of our members are peasants and the main activity done in our Diocese is agriculture. This implies that we majorly work with poor people but who love the Lord Jesus Christ. We keep trusting in the Lord to sustain our Diocese and to grow it to greater heights. We welcome you to pray for us and support us in fulfilling God’s will in serving the people entrusted to our care in this time and season.