Dominic Eibu | |
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Bishop of Kotido | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Tororo |
See | Diocese of Kotido |
Appointed | 25 October 2022 |
Predecessor | Giuseppe Filippi |
Orders | |
Ordination | 15 August 2002 |
Consecration | 14 January 2023 by Most Rev. Emmanuel Obbo |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Lwala Parish, Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti | 30 April 1970
Motto | Consolamini populum meum |
Dominic Eibu, (born 30 April 1970) is a Uganda Missionary Priest in the Catholic Church who was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Kotido on 25 October 2022. [1] [2]
Dominic was born on 30 April 1970 in Lwala, in the diocese of Soroti, Uganda. On 16 May 1998, he took his vows as a member of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCI) at the Institute of Comboni Missionaries in Namugongo, Kampala. He gave his perpetual vows on 12 January 2002 and was ordained a priest on 15 August 2002. Dominic then studied at the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies where he received his licentiate in June 2005. [3]
During his priesthood, he has served as director of the Comboni Primary School in Khartoum (2005-2016); vice superior general of the Combonian Province of Khartoum (2008-2013); member and secretary of the College of Consultors (2013-2016); secretary of the Presbyteral Council (2013-2016); secretary for education (2013-2016) and since 2017, school director and deputy parish priest in Cairo.
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Following the regnation of Bishop Giuseppe Filippi, Dominic was appointed Bishop of Kotido on 25 October 2022. He was consecrated and installed on 14 January 2023. [5] [6] [7] Most Rev. Emmanuel Obbo, Archbishop of Tororo was the Principal Consecrator.
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