Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta

Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta (born 19 December 1973) is a South Sudanese Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Torit in South Sudan since 8 November 2022. Before that, from 24 October 2004 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Archdiocese of Khartoum in Sudan. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis. He was consecrated bishop at Torit on 15 January 2023.

Background and education He was born on 19 December 1973 in Kapoeta, Diocese of Torit, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. From 1994 until 1995, he studied at the Saint Augustine Minor Seminary in Khartoum. He then transferred to the Saint Paul Major Seminary in Khartoum, where he studied from 1996 until 2003. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Science of Education with specialization in Religious Education, awarded by the Pontifical Salesian University, in Rome, where he studied from 2010 until 2012. He continued his studies at the same university from 2012 until 2014, graduating with a Licentiate in Education, focusing on "Youth Pastoral Care and Catechetics".

Priest On 20 February 2004, he was ordained a deacon for the Archdiocese of Khartoum by Daniel Marco Kur Adwok, Titular Bishop of Moxori and Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum. He was ordained a priest for the same archdiocese on 24 October 2004 at Khartoum by Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Archbishop of Khartoum. He served as a priest until 8 November 2022. While priest, he served in various roles and locations, including as: As of 2025, he was still the local ordinary in the Diocese of Torit, under precarious security conditions.