Pope Francis Accepts Retirement of Bishop of Uganda’s Kotido Diocese, Appoints Successor

Addressing himself to Bishop Filippi, the representative of the Holy Father in Uganda expresses “many thanks for his generous service as Bishop of Kotido from 2009.”

Born in April 1970 in Lwala in Uganda’s Soroti Diocese, the newly appointed Bishop for Kotido Diocese made his perpetual vows in the Religious Institute of the Comboni Missionaries on 12 January 2002. He was ordained a Priest on 15 August 2002.

As a Comboni Priest, Mons. Eibu has served in various capacities including Director of the Comboni Primary School in Khartoum, Vice Provincial Superior of Combonis in Sudan, and member and secretary of the College of Consultors and secretary of the Presbyteral Council of the Archdiocese of Khartoum.

Until his appointment as Bishop for Kotido Diocese, Mons. Eibu has been serving as Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Cairo, Vice Provincial Superior of Egypt-Sudan Province. He is also a member of the Education Committee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

Once Consecrated Bishop, the alumnus of the Rome-based Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies is expected to administer Kotido Diocese that has a population of 193,010 Catholics, according to 2019 statistics. 

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The 13,550 square-kilometer Ugandan Catholic Diocese that was erected in December 1991 is part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Tororo.

Silas Mwale Isenjia is a Kenyan journalist with a great zeal and interest for Catholic Church related communication. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, Media and Communication from Moi University in Kenya. Silas has vast experience in the Media production industry. He currently works as a Journalist for ACI Africa.