Pope Leo XIV Appoints Apostolic Administrator of Uganda’s Jinja Diocese after Bishop’s Burial

In the October 29 statement that the Chargé d’Affaires, Fr. Georges Kwani Kouwonou, signed, the Apostolic Nunciature in Uganda thanks “the Board of Consultors of Jinja for ensuring the governance of the Diocese since the certain notification of the death of Bishop Wamika.”

It further expresses gratitude to the newly appointed Apostolic Administrator and “invokes abundant blessings upon his Pastoral Ministry” in the Jinja Episcopal See.

Consecrated a Bishop in October 2007, Archbishop Obbo began his Episcopal Ministry in the Catholic Diocese of Soroti, where he served for seven years before being appointed in January 2014 to shepherd the Tororo Metropolitan See.

The Jinja Episcopal See, where the Holy Father has appointed him to temporarily take care of the people of God, has 33 Parishes, 87 Diocesan Priests, 62 Religious Priests as well as 719 women and men Religious.

Jinja Diocese covers 8,917 km² and has a total population of 4,750,000 people, 960,100 of them Catholic, who represent 20.2 percent of the population, according to the 2024 Holy See report.

More in Africa

South African Catholic Bishop Known for Liturgical Reform at Conference Dies at 76

Read the article

Nicholas Waigwa is a Kenyan multimedia journalist and broadcast technician with a professional background in creating engaging news stories and broadcasting content across multiple media platforms. He is passionate about the media apostolate and Catholic Church communication.