# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-baptist-odama
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:27:08.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-baptist-odama"
name: "John Baptist Odama"
slug: "john-baptist-odama"
description: "John Baptist Odama is a Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu, in Uganda, from 2 January 1999 until his age-related retirement on 22 March 2024. Before that, from 23 February 1996 and 2 January 1999, he was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nebbi, in Uganda. He was appointed bishop by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated and installed at Nebbi on 26 May 1996. On 2 January 1999, the Holy Father transferred him to Gulu and appointed him the Metropolitan Archbishop there. His age-related resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on 22 March 2024. While in retirement, he served as Apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese of Gulu from 22 March 2024 until 12 July 2024."
tagline: "Roman-Catholic Priest, now Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  45
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump