Erasmus Desiderius Wandera (16 April 1930 â 8 December 2022) was a Ugandan Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Soroti from 29 March 1981 until 27 June 2007.
Wandera died on 8 December 2022 at the age of 92.
Wandera was born on 16 April 1930 in Dabani, in present-day Busia District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. On 27 December 1956, he was ordained a priest. He served as a priest until 29 November 1980.
Wandera was appointed Bishop of Soroti on 29 November 1980 and was consecrated a bishop on 29 March 1981, by Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga, Archbishop of Kampala, assisted by Bishop James Odongo, Bishop of Tororo, and Archbishop Henri Lemaîtreâ , Titular Archbishop of Tongres. Wandera served as bishop until 2007. On 27 Jun 2007, Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera retired. He passed on the feast of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December 2022. He was buried inside church on Thursday december 15th 2022.