Yona Okoth

Yona Okoth (1926–2001) was an Anglican archbishop in Uganda.

Okoth was born in Maundo Village, Nagongera, Tororo District , Eastern Uganda and was educated at Buwalasi Theological College; he was ordained a priest in 1955 and attended St. Augustine College, Canterbury, England in 1963, where he graduated with a diploma in theology. In 1966, he studied at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto, where he received a Licentiate in Theology.

In 1977, he left Uganda and went into self-exile in the United States out of frustration during the rule of dictator Idi Amin; during this time, he read for a Doctor of Divinity degree at Wycliffe College.

He was consecrated archbishop of Uganda in 1984 and was in office until 1995.

Family

He was married and had nine children.