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 () 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 Asili (1968.07.12 ...
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 serves as the district headquarters.
Location
Alebtong District is located in the Lango sub-region. The district is bordered by Otuke District to the north, ...
, 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
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
. 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 a Catholic Church in Uganda, Uganda Catholic prelate who served as the first Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala, Archbishop of Kampala from 1966 to 1990 and as a Cardinal (Ca ...
†, 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 Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Tororo from 5 January 1985 until his retirement on 27 June 2007.
He had also served as Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo from 25 November 1964 ...
, 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 Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Soroti from 29 March 1981 until 27 June 2007.
Wandera died on 8 December 2022 at the age of 92.
Background and priesth ...
, Bishop of
Soroti
Soroti is a city in Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main city, commercial, and administrative center in Soroti District, one of the nine administrative districts in the Teso sub-region. Soroti city was immediately app ...
.
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, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District.
History
Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army (1971–1980), Uganda Army's Air an ...
, in the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo () 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 Pope Francis to b ...
.
See also
*
Uganda Martyrs
The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 22 Catholic Church, Catholic and 23 Anglicanism, Anglican converts to Christianity in the History of Buganda, kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887 ...
*
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.
According to the 2024 census, there were an estimated 16,985,004 Catholics in the country, comprising around 37 percent o ...
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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