Rtd Bishop Gideon Oboma is dead
By Online Team
10th Sept 2012:
The former Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Uganda Gideon Allan Oboma is dead. Oboma passed on from Lacor Hospital, in Gulu, on Thursday 6th September 2012 at around 10:30pm. By the time the news of the demise of the Bishop reached Uganda Correspondent, the body was still in the Hospital mortuary.
Born in 1932 at Atiak, in the present Amuru District, (formerly Gulu District) the late Bishop Gideon Allan Oboma served as the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Uganda from 1979 up to 1998. He was educated at Atiak Church of Uganda, Lira Palwo , Buwalasi Primary Teacher’s College.
Between 1964 and 1965, Oboma trained at St. Andres’s Community Centre in Mbale as a ‘Tent Maker’ priest. He was made Deacon at Christ Church, Gulu District in 1976, and practiced his priesthood at St. Philips Pro Cathedral Gulu, in 1979.
He later went to Bishop Tucker Theological College from 1972-1975, where he graduated with a Diploma in Theology from Makerere University, Kampala. In 1976 he was appointed Dean of St. Philips Pro Cathedral Church, Gulu and Chaplain of Gulu High School.
He was then appointed Assistant Bishop of Northern Uganda in 1976, after which he was appointed acting Diocesan Bishop when the substantive Diocesan Bishop was in exile.
Oboma’s commitment to the service of the Lord did not go unnoticed, as he soon won a place to study for a Diploma in Higher Education at Trinity College, Bristol, in the United Kingdom between 1981-1983.
From 1983 to 1985, he was at Oak Hill Theological College, London from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Theology and Pastoral Studies.
The late Oboma is survived by a wife, Blandina Oboma, and four children. END. Login to www.ugandacorrespondent.com every Monday to read our top stories mid-week for our updates
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