# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-martin-wamika
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:30:05.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-martin-wamika"
name: "Charles Martin Wamika"
slug: "charles-martin-wamika"
description: "Charles Martin Wamika was a Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, who was the Bishop of Jinja in Uganda from 2 March 2010 until his death in office on 22 October 2025. Before this, he was auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo from 18 October 1993 until 2 March 2010. He was appointed bishop by Pope John Paul II and consecrated at Tororo on 19 February 1994. He served concurrently as titular bishop of Tacapae while auxiliary bishop. On 2 March 2010, Pope Benedict XVI transferred him to Jinja as the local ordinary to succeed Bishop Joseph B. Willigers, whose age-related retirement was accepted by the pope and took effect the same day."
tagline: "Ugandan Roman Catholic bishop"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1953-08-12"
deathDate: "2025-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump