Pope Francis has today, November 26, 2024 appointed Msgr. Constantine Rupiny as the new Bishop of Nebbi diocese.
Msgr. Rupiny replaces Bp. Raphael p’Mony Wokorach who was appointed as the Bishop of Nebbi on March 31, 2021. However, Bp. Wokorach was again elevated by the Pope as the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Gulu on March 22, 2024.
Msgr. Rupiny has been until now Rector of the Uganda Martyrs’ National Major Seminary in Alokolum, in the Archdiocese of Gulu.
Curriculum vitae
S.E. Mons. Constantine Rupiny was born on 10 November 1974 in Parombo, in the Diocese of Nebbi. He completed his philosophical studies at the Uganda Martyrs’ National Major Seminary in Alokolum, in the Archdiocese of Gulu (1996-1999), and his theological studies at St. Mary’s National Major Seminary in Ggaba, in the Archdiocese of Kampala (2000-2004).
He subsequently obtained a Licentiate in Philosophy at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome (2009-2011) and a Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland (2018-2022). He was ordained a priest on 28 August 2004.
He has held the following positions: Parish Vicar of Kango (2004-2005); Parish Priest of Akanyo (2005-2007); Formator and Professor at the Uganda Martyrs’ National Major Seminary in Alokolum (2007-2009, and 2011-2018); Vice President of the Presbyteral Council of Nebbi (2017-2018); Vice Rector of the Uganda Martyrs’ National Major Seminary in Alokolum (January-September 2023) and, from September 2023, Rector of the same.
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