Bishop Joseph Oyanga

Bishop Emeritus of Lira

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1936		Born	Omoro
15 May 1963	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lira, Uganda
4 Jul 1989	53.4	Appointed	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
1 Oct 1989	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
2 Dec 2003	67.8	Resigned	Bishop of Lira, Uganda

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lira.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Odongo
Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Oyanga (1989)
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga † (1966)
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Archbishop David Mathew † (1938)
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I.

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