Ajia Parish was erected in 2004 and curved out of Arivu Parish. The parish is located 25 km south of Arua and the catchment area is about 300 km² with a population of about 19.000 (nineteen thousand) people, out of them are 10456 Catholics. 29 catechist are serving in 19 Mission stations and for 165 basic Christian communities. Ajia has a typically rural setting and the people practice subsistence farming; it’s a mission area, widely scattered and not rooted in self-reliance, people are very poor and less educated.

A census in the parish was done from March to May 2016 and the following figures are collected from chapels under the parish.

Number of Chapels	18
Matrimony: one wife	372
Polygamists	163
Without matrimony one wife	878
Polygamists	568
Widows	236
Widower	86
Separated men	146
Separated woman	436
Never married	386
Number of families	1837
Number of persons	10456
Receiving communion	2353
Never started communion	2412
First communion 7-10 years	1773
First communion 11-15 years	620
Confirmations 15-20 years	878
Confirmations over 20 years	446
Adults for baptism	431
Adult for confirmation	956