Emmanuel Obbo, A. J. (born 7 October 1952), is a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who serves as Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo ( la, Tororoën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Tororo in Uganda. On January 2, 2014, it was announced that the Bishop of Soroti, Uganda, Emmanuel Obbo, had been named by ...

, since 2 January 2014. He previously served as the Bishop of

Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti The Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti ( la, Sorotien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Soroti in the Ecclesiastical province of Tororo in Uganda. History The current bishop of Soroti Catholic Diocese is Rt. Rev. Joseph Eciru Oliach, who ...

, from 27 Jun 2007 until 2 January 2014.

Background and priesthood

Obbo was born on 7 October 1952 in ''Nagoke Village'', Kirewa Sub-county, in present-day

Tororo District Tororo District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Tororo hosts the district headquarters. Location Tororo District is bordered by Mbale District to the north, Manafwa District to the north-east, Kenya to the east, Busi ...

, in the Eastern Region of

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

. He was ordained a priest on 13 December 1986. He served as priest in the Archdiocese of Tororo until 27 June 2007.

As bishop

He was appointed Bishop of

on 27 June 2007and was consecrated a bishop at Soroti on 6 October 2007 by Bishop

Erasmus Desiderius Wandera Erasmus Desiderius Wandera (16 April 1930 – 8 December 2022) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti, from 29 March 1981 until 27 June 2007. Wandera died on 8 December 2022, at the ...

, Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, assisted by Archbishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote, Archbishop of Tororo and Archbishop

James Odongo James Odongo (27 March 19314 December 2020) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo in Uganda, from 5 January 1985, until his retirement on 27 June 2007. He had also served as Auxi ...

, Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo. On 2 January 2014, Obbo was appointed Archbishop of Tororo and concurrently appointed Apostolic Administrator of Soroti. He was installed as Archbishop on 1 March 2014. As of July 2019, he is the Archbishop of Tororo and concurrent Apostolic Administrator of Soroti.

Succession table at Tororo

References

External links

Profile of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tororo
1952 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda Roman Catholic archbishops of Tororo {{Uganda-reli-bio-stub Roman Catholic bishops of Soroti