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{{short description|Ugandan priest}}
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| name        = Sanctus Lino Wanok
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| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1957|4|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ukuru Pamach Village, [[Zombo District]], [[Uganda]]
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| nationality               = Ugandan
| citizenship               = Uganda
| known_for                 = Pastoral service
| title                     = Bishop
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'''Sanctus Lino Wanok''' was born 7 April 1957 at Ukuru Pamach Village, [[Zombo District]], in the [[West Nile sub-region]], in the [[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern Region]] of [[Uganda]]. He became the Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira]] on 9 February 2019.<ref name="1R">{{cite web |date=2019 | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwanok.html | title=MicroData Summary for Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok (born 7 April 1957), Bishop of Lira | last=Catholic Hierarchy | access-date=12 February 2019 |publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.Org}}</ref><ref name="2R">{{cite web |title=Wanok installed as Lira Diocese Bishop |newspaper=[[New Vision]] |date=9 February 2019 | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1493884/wanok-installed-lira-diocese-bishop |access-date=12 February 2019 | author=Juliet Lukwago |location=Kampala}}</ref>
==Priesthood==
He was ordained a deacon on 31 August 1986 at ''Edofe Roman Catholic Cathedral'', [[Arua]]. He was ordained priest on 27 September 1986 at Arua by Bishop [[Frederick Drandua]]. He earned a degree in canon law from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. He was appointed bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nebbi|Diocese of Nebbi]] on 8 February 2011, by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] and ordained [[bishop]] on 30 April 2011 at Nebbi.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R"/><ref name="3R">{{cite web| url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/rev-sanctus-lino-wanok-appointed-lira-diocese-bishop |title=Rev. Sanctus Lino Wanok Appointed Lira Diocese Bishop |publisher=[[Uganda Radio Network]] |author=Ronald Odongo |date=23 November 2018 |access-date=12 February 2019 |location=Kampala}}</ref>
He was appointed Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira|Diocese of Lira]] on 23 November 2018 by [[Pope Francis]] and installed as the fourth Bishop of Lira on 9 February 2019 at Lira, succeeding Bishop Giuseppe Franzelli, who had reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 years.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R"/>
[[Raphael p'Mony Wokorach]] is the new Chairman of [[Uganda Martyrs University]]'s Governing Council succeeding Wanok who served for 8 years. In June 2023, he was unveiled at Pope Paul Memorial Hotel, [[Lubaga|Rubaga]].<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Bishop Wokorach takes UMU governing council chairmanship|url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/education/bishop-wokorach-takes-umu-governing-council-c-NV_164374 |accessdate=June 30, 2024 |publisher= [[New Vision Group]]|date=July 6, 2023}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Uganda Martyrs]]
* [[Roman Catholicism in Uganda]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.uecon.org/index.php/36-uganda-bishops/307-the-rt-rev-sanctus-lino-wanok About The Right Reverend Sanctus Lino Wanok]
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| before = [[Giuseppe Franzelli]]
| title  = Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira|Lira]]
| years  = 2019 - present
| after  = [[Incumbent]]
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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda]]
[[Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda]]
[[Category:People from Zombo District]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Nebbi]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Lira]]