Bishop Frederick Drandua - TUALU

This information helped us to assess and evaluate his zeal and commitment to his
work of evangelisation and pastoral duties as the first African Bishop of Arua
Diocese.
P. Wasswa Mpagi 11 in his book African Christian Theology observes:
…… Despite attempts and calls for inculturation, the
Church in Africa still appears foreign to local people.
Dioceses in Africa depend heavily on financial assistance
from Rome and elsewhere for her service of formation and
evangelisation ………
This literature helped us to assess and evaluate the efforts made by Bishop
Frederick Drandua in the social and economic development programmes he
initiated in Arua based on the policy of “Ocema Ceni” (Self-reliance) and integral
evangelisation of the people.
Furthermore in his Pastoral letter entitled “Let me live”, 12 of November 1994
addressed to the Clergy, religious, the faithful of Arua Diocese, men and women
of West Nile, Bishop Frederick called upon them to transmit a constant teaching
of the church on moral norms in the light of faith despite opposition, ideologies,
new philosophies of life, controversies and opinions.
This information enabled us to examine some of the challenges that he faced in
his ministry and to evaluate how he responded towards resolving them.
1.7 HYPOTHESES
The assumptions on which this study revolved included:
Firstly, that it was the nature of the home Frederick Drandua hailed from that
helped him to rise to high horizons. It was found out that despite his humble
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