St. Joseph’s Parish Nyamirama is found in Kabale Diocese, Kanungu district in the South Western part of Uganda. The Parish was established in 2011. It was initially an outstation of Kambuga Parish. It comprises of 13 outstations namely; Nyamirama, Kaniabizo, Rwengabi, Mashaku, Mucoogo, Kigarama, Mpangango, Buyundo, Kiruruma, Kyantuhe, Rushaka, Samaria and Bushoje. The Parish has seven primary schools, one secondary school and one dispensary.
The parish is served by two Confreres namely; Rev. Fr. Aloysius Ndema, CSSp who is working as the Parish priest and Superior of the community and Fr. Tamale Ssentongo Aloysius, CSSp who is the Curate and Chaplain of the Catholic schools. From April 2016 to December 2016 a diocesan Deacon Aurelius Magulu was sent to the Parish for his diaconate pastoral experience and on 16th May, 2017 a diocesan seminarian was appointed to the Parish for his pastoral experience which ended on 29th July, 2017.
In January this year, the Parish held elections of new leaders at small Christian communities’ level to parish level. These lay leaders are working in collaboration with the Priests for the development of the Parish in all pastoral spheres. Nyamirama Parish is a community of communities where Christians are distributed into smaller communities, mainly Church movements and devotional groups. They are all bound together and strengthened by the celebration of sacraments.
