Bishop Joseph Eciru Oliach

Bishop of Soroti, Uganda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Aug 1970		Born
10 Aug 2002	31.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Soroti, Uganda
9 Aug 2003	32.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Soroti, Uganda
19 Mar 2019	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of Soroti, Uganda
25 May 2019	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Soroti, Uganda

MicroData Summary
Joseph Eciru Oliach
Bishop Joseph Eciru Oliach
(born 11 Aug 1970)
Bishop of Soroti

Event Place
Birth Place Gweri, Diocese of Tororo
Ordained Deacon St. Ann's, Church, Usuk
Ordained Priest St. Patrick's, Church, Madera
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Father Hilder’s Primary School, Soroti, Diocese of Soroti

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Soroti.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.
Archbishop of Tororo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Bianco
Titular Archbishop of Falerone
Bishop Francis Aquirinus Kibira
Bishop of Kasese

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, A.J. (2007)
Archbishop of Tororo
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.I. (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q62099787

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Mar 2019
ob: CB, 5 Apr 2019
c2: CB, 13 May 2019
c34: CB, 25 May 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 240, Number 20,156

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