Meeting with Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok

My first appointment to (Tuesday 30 August) was a meeting with Bishop Sanctus.  Bishop Sanctus was appointed as Bishop of Nebbi on 8 February 2011, having served as the Diocese's Vicar General for the five previous years.  He was born and spent his early years in the far north of the Diocese in a village close to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Today's meeting was my "official" introduction to Bishop Sanctus but I have spoken to him informally on several occasions since arriving in Nebbi, including at the Requiem Mass for Father William and last week' priestly ordinations.

He is a very approachable man and clearly somebody of deep faith.  Having listened to him preach on several occasions he is not somebody to pull his punches or to pretty up the reality of the challenges we all face on a daily basis in serving God.  But he is a man of great compassion and understanding. A good shepherd and teacher for his Diocese and the Church.

Bishop Sanctus, Father Denis from Caritas Nebbi and myself