Joseph Oyanga (28 February 1936 – 21 July 2018), was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as the Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira ( la, Liren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Lira in the Ecclesiastical province of Gulu in Uganda.
History
* July 12, 1968: Established as Diocese of Lira from Diocese of Gulu
Ordinaries
* Cesare Asi ...
from 4 July 1989 until 2 December 2003.
Background and priesthood
He was born in ''Omararii Village'', Omoro sub-county in present-day
Alebtong District
Alebtong District is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda. The town of Alebtong is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Alebtong District is located in the Lango sub-region. The district is bordered by Otuke District to the ...
, in
Lango sub-region
Lango sub-region is a region in Uganda covering an area of 15,570.7km consisting of the districts of:
*Alebtong District, Alebtong
*Amolatar District, Amolatar
*Apac District, Apac
*Dokolo District, Dokolo
*Kole District, Kole
*Lira Distric ...
, in the
Northern 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 ...
. Oyanga was ordained to the priesthood in Lira, on 15 May 1963. He served as priest in Lira Diocese until 4 July 1989.
As bishop
He was appointed Bishop of Lira Diocese on 4 July 1989. Oyanga was consecrated bishop on 1 October 1989 at Lira by Cardinal
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga (5 November 1914 – 20 April 1991) was the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala from 1966 to 1990 and a cardinal from 1976 until his death. He was an opponent of human rights abuses of the military dictators ...
†, Archbishop of
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala
The Archdiocese of Kampala is the Metropolitan See for the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda.
History
The present Kampala Archdiocese is the result of territorial changes:
* Victoria Nyanza Vicariate (1883). It was ...
assisted by Bishop
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 ...
, Bishop of the
Diocese of the Uganda Military and 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 of
Soroti
Soroti is a city in Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main City, commercial, and administrative center in curved out of Soroti District, one of the nine administrative districts in the Teso sub-region. Soroti City was immediately approved f ...
.
Joseph Oyanga died as Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Lira, on 21 July 2018 at St. Anthony's Hospital, in the town of
Tororo
Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District.
History
Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army's Air and Sea Battalion during the Uganda–Tanzania War ( ...
, in 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 ...
.
See also
*
Uganda Martyrs
The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887.
They were killed on orders of Mwang ...
*
Roman Catholicism in Uganda
The Catholic Church in Uganda is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are an estimated 34.1 million Catholics in the country, comprising around 39.3% of the total population in 2014.
The ...
Succession table
References
External links
Profile of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira
1936 births
2018 deaths
People from Alebtong District
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda
Roman Catholic bishops of Lira
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