Frederick Drandua

Frederick Drandua (12 August 1943 – 1 September 2016) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest, who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arua, in Uganda, from 27 May 1986 until his retirement is on the 19 August 2009 due to poor health.

Background and priesthood Drandua was born in Uleppi, in present-day Ma'di-okollo District, in the West Nile sub-region, in the Northern Region of Uganda, on 12 August 1943. He was ordained priest on 9 August 1970. He served as priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arua until 27 May 1986.

He succumbed to cancer of the Esophagus on 1 September 2016, at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya, in Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda, at the age of 73 years. He was laid to rest on Wednesday September 8 2016 at Ediofe Cathedral although his family wished to bury him at ancestral home.