About Bishop Hosea Odongo

Who is the Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo The 6th Bishop Of Soroti Diocese

The Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo was born on January 12 1971 in Amuria district.  He holds a Master of Theology from Uganda Christian University, Mukono, a Bachelor of Divinity from Uganda Christian University, a Higher Diploma in Theology from Carlile College, Nairobi. He has also attended a variety of Courses, trainings and workshops. Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo got born again at the age of 17 on June 15th 1988 at St. Peter's Cathedral while staying in Soroti town during the time of insurgency in Teso. The Gospel of salvation was preached and, he said, "Pointed to me directly as a sinner." Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo worked as Diocesan Mission Coordinator, Soroti Diocese, Diocesan Discipleship Coordinator, Soroti Diocese, Vicar of St. Peter’s Cathedral Soroti, Deputy Principal Discipleship/ Lay Readers Training Centre, Priest in Charge Emmanuel Church, Parish Priest, and Curate in various parishes. He also served as a Board Chairman for the Amuria District Development Agency and in many other capacities within Church related structures including as the Chaplain to the Archbishop for 5 years..    Currently, he serves as the Bishop of Church of Uganda Soroti Diocese.  He is married to Grace Acen Odongo and God has blessed them with four children and one grandchild.

Who is the Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo?

The Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo was born on January 12 1971 in Amuria district.  He holds a Master of Theology from Uganda Christian University, Mukono, a Bachelor of Divinity from Uganda Christian University, a Higher Diploma in Theology from Carlile College, Nairobi. He has also attended a variety of Courses, trainings and workshops.

Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo got born again at the age of 17 on June 15th 1988 at St. Peter’s Cathedral while staying in Soroti town during the time of insurgency in Teso. The Gospel of salvation was preached and, he said, “Pointed to me directly as a sinner.”

Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo worked as Diocesan Mission Coordinator, Soroti Diocese, Diocesan Discipleship Coordinator, Soroti Diocese, Vicar of St. Peter’s Cathedral Soroti, Deputy Principal Discipleship/ Lay Readers Training Centre, Priest in Charge Emmanuel Church, Parish Priest, and Curate in various parishes. He also served as a Board Chairman for the Amuria District Development Agency and in many other capacities within Church related structures including as the Chaplain to the Archbishop for 5 years..

Currently, he serves as the Bishop of Church of Uganda Soroti Diocese.  He is married to Grace Acen Odongo and God has blessed them with four children and one grandchild.

Message from the Bishop Soroti Diocese

I am Rt. Rev. Kosea Odongo the 6th bishop of Church of Uganda Diocese of Soroti.The Diocese of Soroti was created in 1961 by the division of the Upper Nile Diocese. The bishops who have served before me are: Rt. Rev. Stephen Salongo Tomusange(1961-1964), Rt. Rev. Athanasius Maraka(1965-1975), Rt. Rev. Geresom Ilukor(1975-2001), Rt. Rev. Dr. Charles BernardObaikol Ebitu (2001-2009), and Rt. Rev. George William Erwau (2009-2018). We praise God for the ministry of these great men of God.

The Diocese of Soroti is located in Eastern Uganda and is 307.3 km from Kampala.

Our philosophy as taken from Galatians 6:9, “DO GOOD AND YOU WILL FEEL GOOD.” As a Diocese, we long to see the members of our Diocese doing good to all the members of the body of Christ and to see the whole Church feelinggood as they share fellowship as brothers and sisters in the Lord, who share one calling, one baptism, one Holy Spirit, and a shared hope of going to heaven.

We are committed to preaching the gospel as presented to us in the Holy Scriptures the Bible. We are a rural Diocese, and being a rural Diocese, a majority of our members are peasants and the main activity done in our Diocese is agriculture. This implies that we majorly work with poor people but who love the Lord Jesus Christ. We keep trusting in the Lord to sustain our Diocese and to grow it to greater heights. We welcome you to pray for us and support us in fulfilling God’s will in serving the people entrusted to our care in this time and season.