Sabino Ocan Odoki

Sabino Ocan Odoki (born 8 August 1957), is a Roman Catholic prelate, who serves as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arua, in Uganda. He was installed as Bishop of Arua on 18 December 2010.

Background and education He was born at Layibi Village, Gulu District, in the Acholi sub-region, in the Northern Region of Uganda, on 8 August 1957.

He attended Holy Rosary Primary School, in Gulu. He was then admitted to Aboke Minior Seminary in Aboke, Kole District for two years. He continued with minor seminary at Lacor Minor Seminary, in Gulu, for another two years, completing there in 1975.

In 1976, he was admitted to Katigondo National Major Seminary, in present-day Kalungu District, to study Philosophy, spending there three years. In 1980, he transferred to the Ggaba National Major Seminary, in Ggaba, Kampala, where he studied Theology, for the next three years.

As bishop He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu on 22 July 2006, by Pope Benedict XVI and ordained bishop on 21 October 2006 at Gulu, by John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu, assisted by Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Ugo and Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Apostolic Nuncio in Uganda at the time.

Personal life Sabino Ocan Odoki is known for his pastoral leadership and commitment to missionary work in north-western Uganda. In 2023,he celebrated 40 years of priest at Ediofe Cathedral in Arua Diocese.