Justin Badi Arama

The Right Reverend
Justin Badi Arama
Bishop of Maridi
Church Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
Orders
Ordination 1995
Consecration 2001
by Joseph Marona
Personal details
Born 1964
Maridi, Sudan

Justin Badi Arama (born Maridi, 1964) is a South Sudanese Anglican bishop. He has been Bishop of the Diocese of Maridi since 2001, and was elected Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan on 20 January 2018. His enthronement took place on 22 April 2018. He is married to Modi Joyce since 1984, and they have four children, two male and two female.

Early life and ecclesiastical career

He was confirmed in the Anglican faith at 16 years old, and his father at the occasion gave him three gifts, a Bible, a pen and a hoe. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1995. He has served as cathedral dean, archdeacon and diocesan secretary, before being elected the second bishop of the Diocese of Maridi in 2001.

He was elected Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan at the House of Bishops meeting at All Saints Cathedral, Juba, on 20 January 2018. He won narrowly the election against Abraham Yel Nhial, Bishop of the Diocese of Aweil, with 80 votes against 79, for a tean years term. The election was approved by the House of Bishops, with his enthronement taking place on 22 April 2018, at All Saints Cathedral, in Juba.[1][2][3]

He was registered to attend GAFCON III, who took place in Jerusalem, from 17-22 June 2018, but wasn't able to get a visa.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Episcopal Church Elects Bishop Justin Badi of Maridi as Primate of South Sudan, Paanluel Wel, 20 January 2018
  2. ↑ Bishop of Maridi elected to lead the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, Anglican Communion News Service, 22 January 2018
  3. ↑ Thy Kingdom Come: New Archbishop of South Sudan's decade-long focus on Lord's Prayer, Anglican Communion News Service, 23 April 2018
  4. ↑ GAFCON III largest pan-Anglican gathering since Toronto Congress of 1963, Anglican Ink, 20 June 2018
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Daniel Deng Bul		 Primate of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
2018-		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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