Former Military Ordinariate of

Military Ordinariate of Uganda

Uganda Uganda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate Military Ordinariate

Name: Military Ordinariate of Uganda / Uganda

Suppressed

History

Contact Info

Address: Archbishop’s House, P.O. Box 933, Mbale, Uganda

Past Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Military Ordinariate of Uganda (Roman Rite)

Archbishop James Odongo
(1986.07.21 – 2020.12.04)

Adjuva nos Deus salutis nostræ

Born:1931.03.27 (Molo, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1965.02.16
Died:2020.12.04 (Kampala, Uganda † 89)

Priest of Tororo (Uganda) (1956.12.22 – 1964.11.25)

Titular Bishop of Bahanna (1964.11.25 – 1968.08.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo (Uganda) (1964.11.25 – 1968.08.19)

Bishop of Tororo (Uganda) (1968.08.19 – 1999.01.02)

President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (1974 – 1979)

Military Vicar of Uganda (Uganda) (1985.01.05 – 1986.07.21)

Military Director of Uganda (Uganda) (1986.07.21 – 2020.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tororo (Uganda) (1999.01.02 – 2007.06.27)

Military Vicars of Uganda (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Odongo (later Archbishop)
(1985.01.05 – 1986.07.21)

(see above)

Bishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire
(1964.01.20 – 1985.01.05)

Born:1918.03.19 (Hoima, Uganda)
Ordained Priest:1951.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:1963.03.24
Died:1990.11.01 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Maura (1962.11.12 – 1964.01.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gulu (Uganda) (1962.11.12 – 1964.01.20)

Military Vicar of Uganda (Uganda) (1964.01.20 – 1985.01.05)

Bishop of Hoima (Uganda) (1965.08.09 – 1968.12.19)

Bishop of Gulu (Uganda) (1968.12.19 – 1988.01.10)

Last updated on 2026.07.27

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