James Odongo (27 March 1931 – 4 December 2020) was a Ugandan Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Tororo from 5 January 1985 until his retirement on 27 June 2007.
[1] Odongo was born in the village of Molo, in present-day Tororo District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
On 5 January 1985, Pope John Paul II appointed him to concurrently serve as the bishop of the Military Ordinate of Uganda.
[1] On 2 January 1999, Odongo became the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo.
[1] As of January 2017, following the death of Right Reverend Colin Cameron Davis, Bishop Emeritus of Ngong Diocese, in Kenya, Archbishop Odongo became the last surviving representative of AMECEA Region at the Vatican II Council, which was held between 1962 and 1965.