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:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2024.07.12 – ...):

Archbishop Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gulu (Uganda)

Pontifical Commissioner of Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nebbi (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.07.12 – ...)

Bishop Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. (63) (later Archbishop)
(2021.03.31 – 2024.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gulu (Uganda)
Apostolic Administrator of Nebbi (Uganda)
Pontifical Commissioner of 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 of 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 – ...)

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