The Head of the University of the Sacred Heart Gulu
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Most Rev. Raphael p'Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J. is a Roman Catholic prelate and professed member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, who is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Gulu, and was installed on Friday 12th July 2024.
He was born on 21 January 1961, at Ojigo Village in Wadelai, in the then Diocese of Arua, in West Nile, Northern Uganda.
He attended Ragem Primary School, before entering Saints Peter and Paul Minor (Preparatory) Seminary at Pokea, in Arua, studying Sciences, Mathematics, Social Studies and Latin from 1975 until 1979, for his O-Level education. He transferred to St. Joseph's College Ombaci, where he completed his A-Level education, graduating in 1982, with the equivalent of a high school diploma.
Between 1983 and 1987, he studied philosophy at Uganda Martyrs' National Major Seminary Alokolum, in Gulu, Uganda. In 1987, he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, by the Pontifical Urban University, in Rome. He continued with his studies in Kenya, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in 1994.
He is a member of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Latin: Missionarii Comboniani Cordis Iesu), also known as the Comboni Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, the Verona Fathers, or the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was founded on June 1, 1867 by Italian priest Daniel Comboni.
Wokorach was ordained priest on 25th September 1993 at Wadelai Parish, in Arua Diocese, by Martin Luluga, the Bishop of Gulu at that time. He served as priest in parish ministry in the Democratic Republic of Congo and as a Formator in various formation houses in Togo, Chicago, and in Nairobi, where he was also a lecturer. He served for several years as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of Tangaza University College in Nairobi.
