The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal (Latin: Arcis Portal) is a diocese located in the city of Fort Portal in the ecclesiastical province of Mbarara in Uganda.^[1]

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Diocese of Fort Portal Dioecesis Arcis Portal
Location
Country	Uganda
Metropolitan	Mbarara
Statistics
Area	9,553 km2 (3,688 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 2,537,415 1,016,861 (40.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Robert Muhiirwa
Auxiliary Bishops	Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti

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The Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal formerly belonging to Rwenzori Vicariate was erected on 2 July 1961, with Vincent Joseph McCauley† CSC, as its first bishop. He was succeeded in 1972 by Serapio Bwemi Magambo† who served the Diocese until 1991, when Paul Lokiru Kalanda† took over as the third Bishop of the Diocese. His successor, the current bishop, Robert Muhiirwa, was ordained and installed on 15 June 2003.^[1]

This is a list of Bishops of Fort Portal (Roman rite)

• Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C. (21 February 1961 – 16 November 1972)^[2]
• Serapio Bwemi Magambo (16 November 1972 – 17 June 1991)^[3]
• Paul Lokiru Kalanda (17 June 1991 – 18 March 2003)^[4]
• Robert Muhiirwa (since 18 March 2003)^[5]