Saturday, January 27, 2024

A01533 - Erasmus Wandera, Bishop of Soroti

Erasmus Desiderius Wandera (b. April 16, 1930, Dabani, Busia District, Protectorate of Uganda – d. December 8, 2022, Mbale, Uganda) was a Ugandan Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Soroti from March 29, 1981, until June 27, 2007.

Wandera was born on April 16,1930 in Dabani, in present-day Busia District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. On December 27, 1956, Wandera was ordained a priest. He served as a priest until November 29, 1980.

Wandera was appointed Bishop of Soroti on November 29, 1980, and was consecrated a bishop on March 29, 1981, by Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga, Archbishop of Kampala, assisted by Bishop James Odongo, Bishop of Tororo, and Archbishop Henri Lemaitre, Titular Archbishop of Tongres. Wandera served as bishop until 2007. 

On June 27, 2007, Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera retired. He passed away on the feast of the Immaculate Conception on the 8th of December 2022.

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