Archbishop John Baptist Odama

Archbishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1947		Born
14 Dec 1974	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Arua, Uganda
23 Feb 1996	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda
26 May 1996	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda
2 Jan 1999	51.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
22 Mar 2024	76.7	Retired	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
22 Mar 2024	76.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gulu, Uganda
12 Jul 2024	77.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Gulu, Uganda

MicroData Summary
John Baptist Odama
Archbishop John Baptist Odama
(born 29 Jun 1947)
Archbishop Emeritus of Gulu

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

Event Place
Birth Place Riki-Oluku, Vicariate Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Arua, Diocese of Arua
Ordained Bishop Open Air near, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cathedral, Nebbi, Diocese of Nebbi

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Gulu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Angelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. †
Bishop of Arua
Principal Consecrator:
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala
Archbishop of Kampala
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frederick Drandua †
Bishop of Arua
Bishop Martin Luluga †
Bishop of Gulu

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1981)
Archbishop of Kampala
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 Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I. (2005)
Bishop Sabino Ocan Odoki (2006)
Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok (2011)
Archbishop Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I. (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti (1999)
Bishop Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.I. (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q994754

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,836
r: Bollettino, 22 Mar 2024
opd/loc: CB, 31 Jul 2024
aadm: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 116, Page 912

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2025
Code: web_b, v3.4.1, 22 Mar 2025; Data: 3 Apr 2025

✠