The Holy Father, Pope Francis has appointed Right Reverend Raphael P’Mony Wokorach as the new Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese.
Archbishop Wokorach was until his new appointment, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nebbi in the West Nile Region of Uganda. He succeeds Retired Archbishop Doctor John Baptist Odama at the Archdiocese of Gulu.
It is reported that the Apostolic Nuncio of Uganda; Luigi Bianco announced the successor to Dr. Baptist Odama on Friday 22nd March 2024 at Nebi Cathedral.
According to Luigi Bianco, the appointment comes after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Baptist Odama who opted for retirement when he clocked 75 years old, two years ago.
The newly appointed Archbishop Wokorach is 63 years old, according to available details he was born in 1961 in Arua, Uganda, and consecrated bishop on 14th August 2021, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Nebbi, of the Roman Catholic Church, by Archbishop John Baptist Odama, the then Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu, and was assisted by Archbishop Luigi Bianco, Titular Archbishop of Falerone and Papal Nuncio to Uganda.
The outgoing Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese, His Grace John Baptist Odama was born on 20 July 1947. He served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu in Uganda for close to three decades, since the 2nd of January 1999. That is 25 years as the Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese.
The retired Archbishop Odama has been the chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference since 2010.