Bishop Charles Martin Wamika †

Deceased

Bishop of Jinja, Uganda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Aug 1953		Born
22 Sep 1979	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tororo, Uganda
18 Oct 1993	40.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
18 Oct 1993	40.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tacapae
19 Feb 1994	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tacapae
2 Mar 2010	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Jinja, Uganda
22 Oct 2025	72.1	Died	Bishop of Jinja, Uganda

MicroData Summary
Charles Martin Wamika
Bishop Charles Martin Wamika
(born 12 Aug 1953, died 22 Oct 2025)
Bishop of Jinja

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

Event Place
Birth Place Budaka, Diocese of Tororo
Ordained Bishop Martyrs de l`Ouganda, Cathedral, Tororo, Diocese of Tororo
Death Place Lubaga, Hospital, Kampala, Archdiocese of Kampala

a priest for 46.0 years
a bishop for 31.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Odongo †
Bishop of Tororo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emmanuel Wamala
Archbishop of Kampala
Bishop Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Jinja

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Odongo † (1965)
Bishop of Tororo
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1065469

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 2 Mar 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 138, Number 12,299
d: CB, 22 Oct 2025

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