Frederick Drandua’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Ugandan priest
Was Priest 
From Uganda 
Type Religion 
Gender male
Birth 12 August 1943, Uganda, Uganda
Death 1 September 2016, Kampala, Uganda
(aged 73 years)
Star sign Leo

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 19 August 2009.

Background and priesthood

Drandua was born in Ulippe, in present-day Arua 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.

As bishop

He was appointed bishop by Pope John Paul II on 27 May 1986 and was consecrated as Bishop of Arua on 15 August 1986, by Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga†, Archbishop of Kampala, assisted by Emmanuel Wamala, Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana and
Bishop Cesare Asili†, Bishop of Lira, Uganda.

Bishop Frederick Drandua resigned as Bishop of Arua on 19 August 2009, due to poor health. He died on 1 September 2016, at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya, in Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda, at the age of 73 years.

Succession table

Preceded by
Angelo Tarantino (1959 – 1984)
Bishop of Arua
1986 – 2009
Succeeded by
Sabino Ocan Odoki (2010 – present)
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