Diocese of Nebbi, Uganda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nebbi / Nebben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gulu

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1996.02.23: Established as Diocese of Nebbi / Nebben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Arua and became suffragan of Kampala)
1999.01.02: Became suffragan of Gulu

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.11.26 – ...):

Bishop Constantine Rupiny (50)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nebbi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Constantine Rupiny (50)
(2024.11.26 – ...)

Bishop of Nebbi (Uganda)

Born:	1974.11.10 (Parombo, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	2004.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.02.22

Priest of Nebbi (Uganda) (2004.08.28 – 2024.11.26)

Bishop of Nebbi (Uganda) (2024.11.26 – ...)

Archbishop Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.07.12 – 2024.11.26)

Bishop Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. (64) (later Archbishop)
(2021.03.31 – 2024.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gulu (Uganda)
Pontifical Commissioner for Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus

Service with humility

Born:	1961.01.21 (Ojigo, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1993.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.08.14

Apostolic Visitor of Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus (2015.12.04 – 2018.06.21)

Pontifical Commissioner for Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus (2018.06.21 – ...)

Bishop of Nebbi (Uganda) (2021.03.31 – 2024.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gulu (Uganda) (2024.03.22 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Nebbi (Uganda) (2024.07.12 – 2024.11.26)

Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok (67)
(2011.02.08 – 2018.11.23)

Bishop of Lira (Uganda)
Vice-President of Uganda Episcopal Conference

Love mercy work

Born:	1957.04.07 (Atyak-Yamo, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1986.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.04.30

Priest of Arua (Uganda) (1986.09.27 – 1996.02.23)

Priest of Nebbi (Uganda) (1996.02.23 – 2011.02.08)

Bishop of Nebbi (Uganda) (2011.02.08 – 2018.11.23)

Bishop of Lira (Uganda) (2018.11.23 – ...)

Vice-President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (2022.11.12 – ...)

Bishop Martin Luluga
(1999.01.02 – 2011.02.08)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1933.03.01 (Lodonga, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.01.11
Died:	2022.07.30 (Nebbi, Uganda † 89)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gulu (Uganda) (1986.10.17 – 1988.01.10)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Dacia (1986.10.17 – 1990.02.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Gulu (Uganda) (1988.01.10 – 1990.02.08)

Bishop of Gulu (Uganda) (1990.02.08 – 1999.01.02)

Bishop of Nebbi (Uganda) (1999.01.02 – 2011.02.08)

Bishop John Baptist Odama (77) (later Archbishop)
(1996.02.23 – 1999.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gulu (Uganda)

Servire est ducere

Born:	1947.06.29 (Riki-Oluku, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.05.26

Priest of Arua (Uganda) (1974.12.14 – 1996.02.23)

Bishop of Nebbi (Uganda) (1996.02.23 – 1999.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gulu (Uganda) (1999.01.02 – 2024.03.22)

President of Uganda Episcopal Conference (2010 – 2018.11.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Nebbi, Nebbi, Northern

Mahagi–Nioka (←), Arua (↑), Gulu (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,098 km²

Population: 548,500 Catholics (71.3% of 769,037 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 66 priests (61 diocesan, 5 religious), 98 religious (31 brothers, 67 sisters), 41 seminarians