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Total Congregations

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Total Members

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Religious Orders

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Movements

The Missionary Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church (MSMMC)

The Missionary Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church is of a Diocesan Right whose Mother House and Generalate is in...

Apostles of Jesus (AJ)

Religious Order

Charism: Apostolic mission and evangelization

Brothers of Charity (BC)

Religious Order

Founder: St. Peter Joseph Triest

Religious order focused on social services

Chemin Neuf Community

The Chemin Neuf Community is a Clerical Religious Institute of Pontifical Right with an ecumenical vocation formed...

Diocesan Clergy (DC)

Secular priests serving the Archdiocese

Kkottongnae Brothers and Sisters of Jesus

Religious Order

Charism: Service to the poor and marginalized

Missionaries of Comboni (Comboni Missionaries) (MCCJ)

Religious Order

Founder: St. Daniel Comboni

Charism: Mission to Africa

Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Blessed Virgin Mary (Claretians) (C.M.F)

Religious Order

Founder: St. Anthony Mary Claret

Charism: Evangelization and education

Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) (OFM)

Religious Order

Founder: St. Francis of Assisi

Charism: Poverty, simplicity, and service

Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel-Mbarara (OLGC)

Charism: Obedience out of love in total surrender to God's will and service to the neighbour

Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

These Sisters have their convent next to the Poor Clares Monastery of the Holy Church in Mbarara. They were welcomed...

Society of Mary (Montfort Missionaries) (SMM)

Religious Order

Founder: St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort

Charism: Marian devotion and mission

The Brothers of Christian Instruction

The Brothers of Christian Instruction have one community located in Ibanda Parish, in Ibanda District. As this...

The Brothers of St. Charles Lwanga (Bannakalori)

The Brothers of St. Charles Lwanga are mainly involved in the formation of the youth through education. They have...

The Brothers of St. Joseph the Worker

The Congregation of the Brothers of St. Joseph the Worker was founded in Fort Portal Diocese in 1973 by the late...

The Cistercian Sisters of Charity

The members to this Congregation were received from Hoima Diocese in December 2022. They have a community at Burungamo...

The Congregation of the Family of Nazareth

Religious Order

Charism: Living the life of the Holy Family

The Consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a laywomen’s Institute that was founded in Kabale Diocese. There are...

The Daughter of Mary (Bannabikira)

Religious Order

The Daughters of Mary is a Locally founded congregation of Pontifical Right whose Mother House is in Masaka Diocese....

The Daughters of Divine Charity (FDC)

This is an International Congregation which arrived in the Archdiocese of Mbarara in 1998. They established their...

The Daughters of Mary and Joseph (DMJ)

The Daughters of Mary and Joseph is an International Congregation of Pontifical Right which has been working in this...

The Daughters of Our Lady of Fatima (DOLF)

The Daughters of Our Lady of Fatima is a Secular Institute whose canonical status is yet to be clarified. The...

The Daughters of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (DST)

The Daughters of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus are a religious Institute based in Fort Portal, Uganda and founded by...

The Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena

Founder: Gerine Fabre

The Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena is an Institute, founded by Gerine Fabre, a French woman in 1852 in a...

The Evangelising Sisters of Mary

The Evangelizing Sisters of Mary is an International Congregation of women religious who started working and living in...

The Franciscan Sisters of the Reign of Jesus

The Franciscan Sisters of the Reign of Jesus came to Mbarara from Rwanda in 2015. They take care of orphans and...

The Good Samaritan Sisters

The Good Samaritan Sisters is a congregation of the Diocesan Right founded by Emmanuel Cardinal Nsubuga the then...

The Grail

This is an International Women’s Movement of lay women some of whom are married and others single. Their Charism is to...

The Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (MAfr)

Religious Order

Founder: Cardinal Charles Lavigerie

Charism: Mission to Africa and Islamic world

The Missionary of the Sacred Heart of Joseph and Mary

This is a missionary Congregation of Sisters that came to Mbarara from Rwanda in the year 2015. They have a community...

The Penitent Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi

The Penitent Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi came from Rwanda to Mbarara in 2017. They have a community at Kakindo...

The School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King

Founder: Sr. Margarita Puher

The School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King congregation was founded in 1869 by Sr. Margarita Puher in...

The Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross

The sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross congregation were welcomed in the Diocese in 2021. They have a community at...

The Sisters of St. Clare (Poor Clares)

The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Clare are popularly known here as the Poor Clares. They have one monastery in...

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes came from India to the Diocese in 2012. They live and work in Nyabwina Parish....

The Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul of Lendelede

The sister of St. Vincent de Paul of Lendelende are a religious congregation founded in Belgium in 1811 and their...