The Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) or Episcopal Conference of Uganda is the local conference of Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda, established in 1960.
The UEC acts primarily through the Uganda Catholic Secretariat in an effort to promote and coordinate social and pastoral ministry of the Catholic Church of Uganda. This task is performed through twelve committees including the liturgical-pastoral, dedicated to the apostolate of the laity, the Board of justice and peace, as education and training of priests, and those on ecumenism and interreligious dialogue. The statutes of the Conference were approved by the Holy See on September 8, 1974.
The UEC is a member of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).
1969âÂÂ1975: Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga, archbishop of Kampala
1975âÂÂ1977: John Baptist Kakubi, Archbishop of Mbarara
1977âÂÂ1982: Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu, Bishop of Masaka
1982âÂÂ1986: Barnabas R. Halem 'Imana, Bishop of Kabale
1986âÂÂ1994: Emmanuel Wamala, Bishop of Mityana - Kiyinda and Archbishop of Kampala
1994âÂÂ2002: Paul Lokiru Kalanda, Bishop of Fort Portal
2002âÂÂ2006: Paul K. Bakyenga, Archbishop of Mbarara
2006âÂÂ2010: Matthias Ssekamaanya, bishop of Lugazi
2010âÂÂ2018: John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu
2018 to date: Rt. Rev. Joseph Anthony Zziwa, Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana