At the time of his appointment, Rev. Fr. Martin Agwee was the Chancellor and the Treasurer of the Archdiocese of Gulu.

Rev. Fr. Martin Agwee was born on 28^th January, 1973. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Gulu on the 11^th day of August, 2007. Before his ordination Rev. Fr. Martin Agwee qualified as a teacher from Makerere University Kampala.

Rev. Fr. Martin Agwee holds Masters of Arts in Biblical & Religious Studies (MA BRS Mak.), Bachelor of Sacred Theology (BA – Urbaniana, Rome), Diploma in Pastoral and Religious Studies (Dip.PRS, Mak.) among other qualifications.

Rev. Fr. Martin Agwee has served in various capacities mainly in the Archdiocese as Curate, Parish Priest, Dean, Chancellor, Diocesan Treasurer and now Vicar General. He has also served in a number of educational institutions and sits on many Councils, Boards and Committees.

The vicar general is a priest who assists the diocesan bishop in the governance of the whole diocese. The bishop can appoint more than one vicar general depending on the size of diocese, the number of inhabitants or other pastoral reasons. The priest appointed should be well versed in

either the discipline of canon law or theology and to be known for his soundness of doctrine, integrity, prudence and practical experience. As vicar general he possesses, by virtue of his office, the same executive power as diocesan bishop throughout the whole diocese as that which belongs to the diocesan bishop. This means that the vicar general can perform all administrative acts as the bishop, with the exception of those administrative acts which the diocesan bishop has reserved to himself or those acts for which the law itself requires a specific mandate of the bishop.

The office of Vicar General in the Archdiocese of Gulu carries with the title of Monsignor: Vicar General, Monsignor Martin Agwee.

Monsignor Martin Agwee takes the mantle from Msgr. Matthew Odong who served as the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Gulu for 30 years; and more than 20 years of those were during the time of war that affected the Archdiocese of Gulu. We thank Monsignor Matthew Odong for the dedicated and selfless service to the Catholic Church and the Archdiocese of Gulu in particular.

We congratulate Monsignor Martin Agwee and wish him God’s blessings in this new responsibility and apostolate.

Thousands of pilgrims Christians,clergy,religious sisters, Bishops ordinary, Archbishop emeritus Dr John Baptist Odama, Archbishop his Grace Raphael P’mony Wokorach and political leaders gather in jubilation on 20th October 2024 to celebrate the 106th anniversary of blessed Daudi Okello and Jildo Irwa in paimol shrine. 

The day was blessed by rain quoted as showers of blessings as it was animated by Kotido Catholic Diocese with Bishop Dominic Eibu as the main celebrant. A fundraising was done to support the development of paimol shrine.

Next year 2025 will be animated by Arua Diocese