Yona Okoth
Yona Okoth was an Anglican archbishop in Uganda.
Okoth was born in Maundo Village, Nagongera, Tororo District, Eastern Uganda and was educated at Buwalasi [Theological College]; he was ordained a priest in 1955 and attended St Augustine's [College |St. Augustine College, Canterbury], England in 1963, where he graduated with a diploma in theology. In 1966, he studied at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto, where he received a Licentiate in Theology.
He served in Mbale diocese and was appointed Provincial Secretary of the then Church of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire in 1965. He was also Provincial Secretary of the Anglican [Church of Uganda] from 1965 to 1972 when he was appointed Bishop of Bukedi.
In 1977, he left Uganda and went into self-exile in the United States out of frustration during the rule of dictator Idi Amin; during this time, he read for a Doctor of Divinity degree at Wycliffe College.
He was consecrated archbishop of Uganda in 1984 and was in office until 1995.