John Martin Owor

Position: Senior Lecturer, JCD

Department: Canon Law

Specialisation: Canon Law, Religious Life, Marriage Law, Lay Ministry

Email: jowor@cuea.edu

Rev. Dr. John Martin Owor, born 30 June 1970 in Uganda, is a priest of the Archdiocese of Nairobi and Director of the Institute of Canon Law at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He studied at the Apostles of Jesus Major Seminary in Nairobi before earning a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology, a Licentiate in Utriusque Iuris, and a Doctorate in Utriusque Iuris (Canon Law and Civil Law) from the Lateran University in Rome. Ordained a priest on 13 May 2001, he has served as Local Superior and formator for the Sons of St. Anne, Parish Vicar in Rome, Regional Delegate Superior, Acting Director and then Director (from May 2018) of the Institute of Canon Law, Defender of the Bond at the Metropolitan Tribunal of Nairobi (from 2022), and Episcopal Vicar for Consecrated Life in the Archdiocese of Nairobi (from February 2023). He has also served as a visiting lecturer at the Consolata Institute of Philosophy, Tangaza University and the Salesian Institute of Theology.

Faculty Member

John Martin Owor serves as a dedicated faculty member at the Institute of Canon Law, contributing to the academic formation of future canonists and ecclesiastical professionals. His commitment to canonical education and Church law supports the mission of training qualified personnel for ecclesiastical tribunals and Church governance across the AMECEA Region and beyond.

Research interests: Canon Law Studies; Ecclesiastical Jurisprudence; Church Law Education; Email; Phone; Stay updated with Institute activities and university events

Owor, J. M. (2019). Disregard for the rule of law and ethics.

Owor, J. M. (2019). In loving we are reborn for the life of the family.

Owor, J. M. (2018). Canon Law in Service of Authentic Vocational Choice.

Owor, J. (2015). Canonical Discipline on Mixed and Disparate Marriages. Annuarium Iuris Canonici.

Owor, J. M. (2015). Canonical Discipline on Mixed and Disparate Marriages and the challenges in their practice.

Owor, J. (2014). Lay Participation in the Munera Sanctificandi et Docendi Christi. African Journal of Canon Law Studies.

Owor, J. (2014). Religious life and Mass media. African Journal of Canon Law Studies.

Owor, J. (2010). Participation of the Laity in the Teaching Function of the Church. African Christian Religious Studies.

Owor, J. (2008). Istituti di Vita Consacrata Religiosa di fronte alle Pie volonta e alle Pie Fondazioni. Pontificia Universita Lateranense.