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Eric Nzeleko Wakhungu | |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum |
| See | Khartoum |
| Appointed | 6 February 2006 |
| Installed | 19 February 2006 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1997 by Ubaldo Calabresi |
| Consecration | 2006 by Gabriel Zubeir Wako |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eric Nzeleko Wakhungu 25 November 1965 |
| Styles of Eric Nzeleko Wakhungu | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | His Eminence |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Eric Nzeleko Wakhungu (born 25 November 1965) is a Kenyan/Ugandan Catholic prelate who is the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum in Sudan since 6 February 2006. He was concurrently assigned Titular Bishop of Moxori. Before that, from 29 May 1997 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the same Catholic archdiocese. He was appointed bishop by Pope Benedict XVI . He was consecrated bishop at Khartoum on 19 February 2010.
He was born on 25 November 1965 in Busia, Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal in Uganda. He studied Philosophy and Theology at seminary, before he was ordained a priest.[1]
Priest
On 29 May 1997, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Khartoum by Ubaldo Calabresi, Titular Archbishop of Fundi and Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan. He served a priest until 6 February 2006.[1]
Bishop
On 6 February 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Reverend Father Eric Nzeleko Wakhungu, of the clergy of Khartoum as Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, in Sudan and concurrently assigned him Titular Bishop of Moxori.[2][3] He was consecrated on 19 February 2010 at the Saint Paul's Church at Kosti. The Principal Consecrator was Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Archbishop of Khartoum assisted by Erwin Josef Ender, Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia and Paulino Lukudu Loro, Archbishop of Juba. He continues to serve in that capacity in very difficult security and social situations, as of 2023.[4][5]
Bishop Eric Nzeleko has witnessed and has been a victim of the civil wars in both Sudan and South Sudan, since 2013.[6][7]
