AMECEA: Diocese of Tombura-Yambio gives Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College a new Rector

Rev. Fr. Peter Moudie from the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambia, South Sudan, is the new Rector for Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College, a Regional Theological Seminary and House of Formation for seminarians drawn from the nine AMECEA Countries.

Fr. Moudie who was appointed during the just concluded 19^th AMECEA Plenary Assembly held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia is taking over from Rev. Fr. Patrick Nyongesa of Kakamega Diocese, Kenya.

Fr. Moudie who is already in the country to take up his new position as Rector of Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College was born in December 1965 in Ezo South Sudan. He was ordained a priest of Tombura-Yambio Diocese on 16^th May 1993 and holds PhD and Masters in Canon Law from the University or Urbaniana Rome.

Until his appointment he was the Vice Chancellor of Mikese University College, which is a private learning institution based in Yambio, South Sudan, a position he held from 2012. Previously he worked as a Rector of St. Joseph Minor Seminary of Yambio Diocese between 1993 and 1996 when the institution was operating from Uganda.

In an interview with AMECEA Online News, Fr. Moudie said he is looking forward to working in collaboration with all AMECEA Conferences as they work towards building the Kingdom of God among His people in the AMECEA Region.

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By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News