# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sanctus-l-wanok
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:30:38.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sanctus-l-wanok"
name: "Sanctus L. Wanok"
slug: "sanctus-l-wanok"
description: "Sanctus Lino Wanok was born 7 April 1957 at Ukuru Pamach Village, Zombo District, in the West Nile sub-region, in the Northern Region of Uganda. He serves as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira, since 9 February 2019. Before then, from 8 February 2011 until 9 February 2019, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nebbi. He was appointed bishop by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated and installed at Nebbi on 30 April 2011. On 23 November 2018, Pope Francis transferred him to Lira, Uganda and appointed him as bishop there. He was installed at Lira on 9 February 2019."
tagline: "Ugandan priest"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mitre_plain_2.png/330px-Mitre_plain_2.png"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1957-04-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.74
  momentum:             0.4615384615384616
  historical:           5.935781333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "سانكتوس ال وانوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctus_Lino_Wanok"
    title: "Sanctus Lino Wanok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctus_Lino_Wanok"
    title: "Sanctus Lino Wanok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctus_Lino_Wanok"
    title: "Sanctus Lino Wanok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctus_Lino_Wanok"
    title: "Sanctus Lino Wanok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctus_Wanok"
    title: "Sanctus Wanok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1665794"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump