Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.

Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda

Apostolic Administrator of Jinja

Note(s): (Congregazione degli Apostoli di Gesù)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Oct 1952		Born
8 Dec 1979	27.1	Professed	Member of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries
13 Dec 1986	34.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries
27 Jun 2007	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Soroti, Uganda
6 Oct 2007	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Soroti, Uganda
2 Jan 2014	61.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda
2 Jan 2014	61.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Soroti, Uganda
25 May 2019	66.6	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Soroti, Uganda
29 Oct 2025	73.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Jinja, Uganda

MicroData Summary
Emmanuel Obbo
Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo A.J.
(born 7 Oct 1952)
Archbishop of Tororo

Ad Limina - March 2010: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Nagoke/Kirewa, Vicariate Apostolic of Tororo
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Father Hilder Primary School, Soroti, Diocese of Soroti

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Tororo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera †
Bishop Emeritus of Soroti
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote †
Archbishop of Tororo
Archbishop James Odongo †
Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera † (1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Soroti
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga † (1966)
Archbishop of Kampala
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Damiano Giulio Guzzetti, M.C.C.I. (2014)
Bishop Joseph Eciru Oliach (2019)
Bishop Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.I. (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1338365

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 Jun 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Number 15,548
ab: Bollettino, 2 Jan 2014
aadm: CB, 29 Oct 2025

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