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Silvanus Wani

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Silvanus Goi Wani (1915–1998) was an Anglican archbishop who served in Uganda.[1]

Wani was ordained in 1944.[2] He served in the Upper Nile region from 1942 to 1961, including two years as a Chaplain to the King’s African Rifles during World War Two.[3]

He was diocesan secretary of Northern Uganda from 1961 to 1964.[2] He was consecrated as an assistant bishop of Northern Uganda in 1964.[4] He was translated to Madi and West Nile in 1969. He became archbishop in 1977, serving until 1983.[5]

Wani died in 1998.[6]

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala
as Archbishop

1977–1983
Succeeded by