Asanasio Maraka was an
Anglican
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bishop in
Uganda
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.
Maraka was
ordained
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deacon
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Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ...
in 1946 and priest in 1948. He served with the
CMS
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Computing
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from 1946 to 1951; and in the
Anglican Diocese of Kumi from 1952 to 1960; and in
Soroti
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from 1960 to 1963. He was
archdeacon
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of
Teso Teso or TESO may refer to:
Places
* Têso, a Portuguese hamlet
* Teso District, Kenya, a defunct administrative district in the former Western Province of Kenya
* Teso District, Uganda, a district in Uganda now known as Teso sub-region
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from 1963 to 1965 when he was consecrated the
bishop of Soroti.
Crockford's Clerical Directory
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1975/6 p623: London; OUP
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; 1976
References
20th-century Anglican bishops in Uganda
Anglican bishops of Soroti
Anglican archdeacons in Africa
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